FIRSTGROUP PLC - Result of AGM

FIRSTGROUP PLC - Result of AGM

PR Newswire

London, July 25

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: [phone]

Contacts at Brunswick PR:
Nick Cosgrove / Alison Lea, Tel: [phone]

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.