REG-FirstGroup PLC: Result of AGM

FirstgroupAnnouncement

17/07/2018 17:10

FirstGroup plc

Result of 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

FirstGroup plc (the 'Company') announces that, at the AGM held earlier today,
all resolutions were duly passed by the Company’s shareholders on a poll.
The results of the poll are shown in the table below and will also be
available on the Company’s website.

                                                                                                           FOR                     AGAINST                TOTAL           WITHHELD     
                                           Number of Votes                                                    % of Vote  Number of Votes  % of Vote  Number of Votes  Number of Votes  
  1  To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2018       908,588,828      99.97          239,253       0.03      908,828,081       28,447,184 
  2  To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy                                                787,510,512      84.52      144,272,299      15.48      931,782,811        5,492,503 
  3  To approve the Directors’ Annual Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2018     870,429,586      96.37       32,771,050       3.63      903,200,636       34,074,629 
  4  To elect David Robbie as a Director                                                          851,284,959      91.31       81,031,994       8.69      932,316,953        4,958,313 
  5  To re-elect Warwick Brady as a Director                                                      928,399,632      99.58        3,920,843       0.42      932,320,475        4,954,791 
  6  To re-elect Matthew Gregory as a Director                                                    928,888,979      99.63        3,449,399       0.37      932,338,378        4,936,888 
  7  To re-elect Jimmy Groombridge as a Director                                                  928,507,173      99.59        3,848,396       0.41      932,355,569        4,919,697 
  8  To re-elect Drummond Hall as a Director                                                      930,248,512      99.78        2,087,000       0.22      932,335,512        4,939,754 
  9  To re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director                                                    791,673,395      84.92      140,633,807      15.08      932,307,202        4,967,347 
 10  To re-elect Martha Poulter as a Director                                                     930,334,330      99.79        1,973,491       0.21      932,307,821        4,964,945 
 11  To re-elect Imelda Walsh as a Director                                                       908,208,634      97.41       24,119,449       2.59      932,328,083        4,947,183 
 12  To re-elect Jim Winestock as a Director                                                      928,402,322      99.58        3,954,716       0.42      932,357,038        4,917,512 
 13  To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors                                                       880,883,586      94.48       51,436,907       5.52      932,320,493        4,954,772 
 14  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors                     929,767,153      99.73        2,544,236       0.27      932,311,389        4,963,877 
 15  To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                                   916,661,275      98.32       15,698,433       1.68      932,359,708        4,915,558 
 16  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre?emption rights                                    931,109,950      99.87        1,195,261       0.13      932,305,211        4,970,055 
 17  To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or other capital investments                 880,158,589      94.41       52,137,822       5.59      932,296,411        4,978,854 
 18  To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company’s shares                  906,933,422      97.41       24,097,551       2.59      931,030,973        6,244,292 
 19  To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure         814,098,150      87.32      118,230,398      12.68      932,328,548        4,946,718 
 20  To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days’ notice                        897,042,287      96.20       35,434,897       3.80      932,477,184        4,798,082 
 21  To approve the renewal of the Long-Term Incentive Plan Rules                                 812,273,276      87.17      119,543,995      12.83      931,817,271        5,457,995 

Votes 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a percentage of votes received. A
'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of
the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

Votes were cast for a total of 937,275,265 ordinary shares of 5 pence per
share, representing 77.36% of the total number of votes capable of being cast
at the AGM. The Company's issued share capital as at today's date is
1,211,542,996 ordinary shares and the number of votes per share is one. The
Company held 157,229 shares in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights.

Resolutions 1 to 15, 19 and 21 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and
resolutions 16 to 18 and 20 as Special Resolutions. Pursuant to Listing Rule
9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary
business, passed at the AGM on 17 July 2018, will shortly be available to view
via the National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM  

Enquiries:

Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Deputy Company Secretary

Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor Relations

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93. Classification as per
DTR 6 Annex 1R: 3.1



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