REG-FirstGroup Plc: Result of AGM

FirstgroupAnnouncement

26/07/2024 16:15

FirstGroup plc

Result of 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) - 26 JULY 2024

FirstGroup plc (the 'Company') announces that, at the AGM held earlier today,
all resolutions were 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 53 weeks ended 30 March 2024        455,470,678  99.99      33,708           0.01       455,504,386      1,016,249        
 2   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                                                     426,755,092  93.54      29,479,055       6.46       456,234,147      286,508          
 3   To approve the Directors' Annual Report on Remuneration                                           441,012,155  96.64      15,310,095       3.36       456,322,250      198,405          
 4   To declare a final dividend of 4.0 pence per ordinary share for the 53 weeks ended 30 March 2024  456,439,848  100.00     16,252           0.00       456,456,100      64,387           
 5   To re-elect Sally Cabrini as a Director                                                           447,834,414  98.15      8,427,542        1.85       456,261,956      258,679          
 6   To re-elect Myrtle Dawes as a Director                                                            447,790,907  98.15      8,463,129        1.85       456,254,036      266,599          
 7   To re-elect Anthony Green as a Director                                                           444,614,088  97.44      11,659,331       2.56       456,273,419      247,216          
 8   To re-elect Claire Hawkings as a Director                                                         447,745,027  98.14      8,486,413        1.86       456,231,440      289,195          
 9   To re- elect Jane Lodge as a Director                                                             443,096,308  97.12      13,139,015       2.88       456,235,323      285,312          
 10  To re- elect Peter Lynas as a Director                                                            447,785,368  98.14      8,467,974        1.86       456,253,342      267,293          
 11  To re-elect Ryan Mangold as a Director                                                            455,585,511  99.86      652,185          0.14       456,237,696      282,939          
 12  To re-elect David Martin as a Director                                                            429,052,809  94.04      27,181,467       5.96       456,234,276      286,359          
 13  To re-elect Graham Sutherland as a Director                                                       455,683,934  99.87      573,775          0.13       456,257,709      262,926          
 14  To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors                                                 456,188,153  99.97      124,390          0.03       456,312,543      208,092          
 15  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors                          456,008,325  99.92      363,520          0.08       456,371,845      148,790          
 16  To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                                        447,204,302  97.99      9,170,817        2.01       456,375,119      145,516          
 17  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights                                         447,468,250  98.07      8,803,378        1.93       456,271,628      247,480          
 18  To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or other capital investments                      439,898,198  96.42      16,344,053       3.58       456,242,251      276,857          
 19  To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares                       436,918,496  95.88      18,761,703       4.12       455,680,199      840,436          
 20  To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure              452,812,482  99.22      3,546,820        0.78       456,359,302      161,333          
 21  To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days' notice                             446,977,127  97.94      9,420,046        2.06       456,397,173      123,462          

 

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
456,456,100 ordinary shares of 5 pence per share, representing 73.94% of the
total number of votes capable of being cast at the AGM. The Company's issued
share capital as at close of business on 24th July 2024 which was the voting
record date for the meeting was 750,695,015 ordinary shares and the number of
votes per share is one. On 24th July 2024 the Company held 133,399,635 shares
in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Resolutions 1 to 16, and 20
were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 and 21 as
Special Resolutions.

 
Contacts at FirstGroup:
Marianna Bowes Head of Investor Relations

Stuart Butchers, Group Head of Communications

David Blizzard, Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

 
Contacts at Brunswick PR:
Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

 

 

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



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