FirstGroup PLC — AGM Information 2023

Jul 21, 2023

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author: Faisal Tabbah
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Contacts at FirstGroup:

Contacts at Brunswick PR:

FirstGroup plc

Result of 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 21 JULY 2023: Replacement

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.

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 533,861,194 ordinary shares of 5 pence per share, representing 77.31% 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 19th July 2023 which was the voting record date for the meeting was 750,684,148 ordinary shares and the number of votes per share is one. On 19th July 2023 the Company held 60,837,882 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.

Marianna Bowes Head of Investor Relations

Stuart Butchers, Group Head of Communications

David Blizzard, Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

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

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

		FOR	FOR	AGAINST	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 25 March 2023	533,161,692	99.99	45,579	0.01	533,207,271	705,007
2	To approve the Directors’ Annual Report on Remuneration	511,579,618	95.85	22,157,576	4.15	533,737,194	175,084
3	To declare a final dividend of 2.9 pence per ordinary share for the 52 weeks ended 25 March 2023	533,531,448	99.94	329,746	0.06	533,861,194	51,084
4	To re-elect Sally Cabrini as a Director	524,642,543	98.32	8,956,307	1.68	533,598,850	313,428
5	To re-elect Myrtle Dawes as a Director	524,642,961	98.32	8,962,367	1.68	533,605,328	306,950
6	To re-elect Anthony Green as a Director	517,924,141	97.06	15,673,656	2.94	533,597,797	314,481
7	To re-elect Claire Hawkings as a Director	524,662,879	98.32	8,965,018	1.68	533,627,897	284,381
8	To re- elect Jane Lodge as a Director	522,266,288	97.88	11,337,145	2.12	533,603,433	308,845
9	To re- elect Peter Lynas as a Director	524,665,395	98.32	8,959,897	1.68	533,625,292	286,986
10	To re-elect Ryan Mangold as a Director	532,996,062	99.88	615,905	0.12	533,611,967	300,311
11	To re-elect David Martin as a Director	521,701,151	97.77	11,906,498	2.23	533,607,649	304,629
12	To re-elect Graham Sutherland as a Director	533,379,439	99.95	289,646	0.05	533,669,085	243,193
13	To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	533,570,553	99.97	165,203	0.03	533,735,756	176,522
14	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	533,551,105	99.96	206,407	0.04	533,757,512	154,766
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	528,860,604	99.08	4,915,116	0.92	533,775,720	136,558
16	To authorise the Directors to disapply
pre-emption rights	528,130,034	98.96	5,553,765	1.04	533,683,799	228,479
17	To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or other capital investments	525,899,747	98.54	7,803,186	1.46	533,702,933	209,345
18	To authorise the Directors to make market
purchases of the Company’s shares	524,412,417	98.27	9,209,100	1.73	533,621,517	290,761
19	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	532,445,928	99.75	1,309,442	0.25	533,755,370	156,908
20	To authorise the calling of general meetings
on 14 clear days’ notice	525,230,744	98.41	8,499,741	1.59	533,730,485	181,793