10th Jul 2008 16:26
FirstGroup plc (the "Company") Results of Annual General Meeting, 10 July 2008
The Board of FirstGroup plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, Resolutions 1 to 15 were duly passed by the Company's shareholders on a poll. The results of the poll are shown below.
Resolution FOR AGAINST WITHHELD No. of % of No. of % of Vote No. of Votes Vote Votes Votes 1. To receive the Annual 316,755,147 99.90% 314,699 0.10% 101,107 Report & Financial Statements 2. To approve the 310,123,699 99.90% 312,837 0.10% 6,725,271 Directors' Remuneration Report 3. To declare a final 316,804,673 99.99% 26,798 0.01% 339,482 dividend 4. To re-elect Martin 316,197,496 99.72% 894,423 0.28% 79,034 Gilbert as a Director 5. To re-elect David Dunn 316,496,291 99.81% 599,955 0.19% 74,707 as a Director 6. To re-elect Professor 316,451,972 99.80% 638,682 0.20% 80,299 David Begg as a Director 7. To re-appoint Deloitte 313,034,533 99.59% 1,299,233 0.41% 2,837,186 & Touche LLP as independent auditors 8. To authorise the 316,042,231 99.66% 1,070,488 0.34% 58,234 Directors to determine the remuneration of the independent auditors 9. To reduce the 316,728,168 99.92% 243,368 0.08% 199,417 authorised share capital 10. To authorise the 311,339,750 98.21% 5,686,918 1.79% 144,285 Directors to allot relevant securities 11. To authorise the 316,387,699 99.82% 567,334 0.18% 215,920 Directors to disapply pre-emption rights 12. To permit the Company 316,864,289 99.92% 238,647 0.08% 68,017 to purchase its own shares 13. To authorise the 313,389,516 98.99% 3,191,377 1.01% 590,060 Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure 14. To adopt new Articles 316,141,359 99.74% 835,662 0.26% 193,932 of Association 15. To approve the 312,445,878 99.50% 1,571.953 0.50% 3,153,121 FirstGroup plc Long Term Incentive Plan
The current issued share capital of FirstGroup plc is 481,743,696 ordinary shares of 5 pence per share (excluding treasury shares).
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