REG-FirstGroup PLC: Result of AGM

FirstgroupAnnouncement

25/07/2019 16:55

FIRSTGROUP PLC
RESULT OF 2019 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.

The Board notes that more than 20% of shareholders voted against four of the
resolutions put to today’s meeting. The Board takes seriously its
responsibility to understand shareholders’ opinions and will continue to
discuss investors’ views on these and other matters as part of our ongoing
programme of engagement.

As noted in our statement earlier today, overall trading in the first quarter
has been in line and there is no change to our expectations for the current
financial year. The Group is focused on delivering the strategy announced on
30 May at pace.

     Resolution to:                                                                               FOR                     AGAINST                TOTAL           WITHHELD     
                                      Number of Votes                                                % of Vote  Number of Votes  % of Vote  Number of Votes  Number of Votes  
  1  receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year to 31 March 2019   971,136,531    98.62       13,582,983       1.38      984,719,514       1,137,239     
  2  approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report                                         651,870,362    76.32      202,287,050      23.68      854,157,412      131,689,340    
  3  elect Steve Gunning as a Director                                                  827,577,997    84.44      152,520,058      15.56      980,098,055       5,748,698     
  4  elect Julia Steyn as a Director                                                    835,796,166    94.87       45,182,494       5.13      880,978,660      104,868,093    
  5  elect Ryan Mangold as a Director                                                   832,483,464    94.49       48,522,814       5.51      881,006,278      104,840,475    
  6  re-elect Warwick Brady as a Director                                               831,595,125    94.39       49,408,377       5.61      881,003,502      104,843,251    
  7  re-elect Matthew Gregory as a Director                                             717,083,785    93.87       46,800,346       6.13      763,884,131      221,962,622    
  8  re-elect Jimmy Groombridge as a Director                                           939,068,393    95.26       46,690,022       4.74      985,758,415         88,338      
  9  re-elect Martha Poulter as a Director                                              828,865,660    84.56      151,305,666      15.44      980,171,326       5,675,427     
 10  re-elect David Robbie as a Director                                                823,563,907    83.55      162,168,274      16.45      985,732,181        118,336      
 11  re-elect Imelda Walsh as a Director                                                589,082,162    60.10      391,136,467      39.90      980,218,629       5,634,137     
 12  re-elect Jim Winestock as a Director                                               614,231,829    62.66      365,961,300      37.34      980,193,129       5,653,624     
 13  re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors                                                817,593,768    92.79       63,506,081       7.21      881,099,849      104,746,903    
 14  authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors              953,099,444    98.38       15,658,377       1.62      968,757,821       17,088,932    
 15  authorise the Directors to allot shares                                            823,748,780    83.56      162,017,237      16.44      985,766,017         80,736      
 16  authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights                             835,724,136    84.78      150,013,056      15.22      985,737,192        108,286      
 17  disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or other capital investments          806,719,524    81.84      178,977,986      18.16      985,697,510        145,467      
 18  authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company’s shares           947,430,640    96.20       37,391,136       3.80      984,821,776       1,024,976     
 19  authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure  746,855,622    77.10      221,814,856      22.90      968,670,478       17,176,275    
 20  authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days’ notice                 937,902,316    95.14       47,884,522       4.86      985,786,838         59,915      

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
985,786,838 ordinary shares of 5 pence per share, representing 81.13% 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 1,215,032,965 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, and 19 were
proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 and 20 as Special
Resolutions.

Contacts at FirstGroup:
Stuart Butchers, Group Head of Media
Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Deputy Company Secretary
Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

Contacts at Brunswick PR:
Nick Cosgrove / Alison Lea, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

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

About FirstGroup

FirstGroup plc (LSE: FGP.L) is a leading provider of transport services in the
UK and North America. With £7.1 billion in revenue and around 100,000
employees, we transported 2.2 billion passengers last year. Whether for
business, education, health, social or recreation – we get our customers
where they want to be, when they want to be there. We create solutions that
reduce complexity, making travel smoother and life easier.

We provide easy and convenient mobility, improving quality of life by
connecting people and communities.

Each of our five divisions is a leader in its field: In North America, First
Student is the largest provider of home-to-school student transportation with
a fleet of 42,500 yellow school buses, First Transit is one of the largest
providers of outsourced transit management and contracting services, while
Greyhound is the only nationwide operator of scheduled intercity coaches. In
the UK, First Bus is one of Britain's largest bus companies with 1.6 million
passengers a day, and First Rail is one of the country's largest and most
experienced rail operators, carrying 345 million passengers last year.

Visit our website at www.firstgroupplc.com and follow us @firstgroupplc on
Twitter.



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