REG-FirstGroup Plc: Result of AGM

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FirstGroup plc

Result of 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) - 25 JULY 2025

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 52 weeks ended 29 March 2025        407,825,924  99.99      23,339           0.01       407,849,263      1,088,724        
 2   To approve the Directors' Annual Report on Remuneration                                           401,951,144  98.33      6,826,622        1.67       408,777,766      160,221          
 3   To declare a final dividend of 4.8 pence per ordinary share for the 52 weeks ended 29 March 2025  408,839,003  99.99      21,444           0.01       408,860,447      77,540           
 4   To re-elect Sally Cabrini as a Director                                                           395,274,871  96.71      13,426,206       3.29       408,701,077      233,636          
 5   To re-elect Myrtle Dawes as a Director                                                            396,433,435  97.00      12,280,931       3.00       408,714,366      223,621          
 6   To re-elect Claire Hawkings as a Director                                                         395,272,819  96.71      13,451,787       3.29       408,724,606      210,107          
 7   To re- elect Jane Lodge as a Director                                                             393,807,772  96.35      14,911,637       3.65       408,719,409      215,304          
 8   To re- elect Peter Lynas as a Director                                                            395,268,634  96.71      13,442,223       3.29       408,710,857      227,130          
 9   To re-elect Ryan Mangold as a Director                                                            404,535,422  98.98      4,183,852        1.02       408,719,274      218,713          
 10  To re-elect Graham Sutherland as a Director                                                       408,150,028  99.86      573,655          0.14       408,723,683      214,304          
 11  To elect Lena Wilson as a Director                                                                406,092,405  99.36      2,635,198        0.64       408,727,603      210,384          
 12  To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors                                                 408,624,394  99.96      155,579          0.04       408,779,973      158,014          
 13  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors                          408,638,695  99.97      141,932          0.03       408,780,627      154,086          
 14  To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                                        400,513,252  97.97      8,297,473        2.03       408,810,725      127,262          
 15  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights                                         402,738,042  98.55      5,930,529        1.45       408,668,571      265,489          
 16  To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or other capital investments                      393,864,704  96.37      14,842,670       3.63       408,707,374      230,613          
 17  To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares                       390,458,865  95.75      17,342,018       4.25       407,800,883      1,133,830        
 18  To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure              402,319,169  98.42      6,441,775        1.58       408,760,944      173,116          
 19  To approve the rules of the Sharesave Plan 2025                                                   407,853,516  99.76      976,310          0.24       408,829,826      108,161          
 20  To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days' notice                             398,667,989  97.52      10,158,416       2.48       408,826,405      111,582          

 

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
408,860,447 ordinary shares of 5 pence per share, representing 71.11% 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 25th 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 25th July 2025 the Company held 175,795,497 shares
in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Resolutions 1 to 14, and 18
to 19 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 and 20 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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