25th Jul 2012 15:07
FirstGroup plc (the "Company") Results of Annual General Meeting on 25 July 2012
The Board of FirstGroup plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, Resolutions 1 to 16 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 No. of Votes Vote Votes Vote Votes
1. To receive the Annual 308,305,069 99.68 992,949 0.32 5,554,783
Report and Financial Statements
2. To approve the 298,217,141 97.08 8,960,805 2.92 7,674,699
Directors' Remuneration Report
3. To declare a final 314,785,237 99.99 36,602 0.01 30,963
dividend
4. To re-elect Professor 310,166,242 98.57 4,488,208 1.43 198,352
David Begg as a Director
5. To re-elect Martin 287,008,891 91.22 27,610,175 8.78 233,736
Gilbert as a Director
6. To re-elect Colin Hood 310,168,056 98.60 4,410,902 1.40 271,344
as a Director 7. To re-elect John 302,102,120 96.02 12,512,314 3.98 238,367 Sievwright as a Director 8. To re-elect Tim 306,741,254 97.50 7,869,963 2.50 239,085 O'Toole as a Director
9. To elect Mick Barker 305,149,833 97.02 9,384,104 2.98 316,365
as a Director
10. To re-appoint Deloitte 301,896,234 95.92 12,853,544 4.08 103,023
LLP as independent auditors
11. To authorise the 308,381,466 98.01 6,260,667 1.99 208,169
Directors to determine the remuneration of the independent auditors 12. To authorise the 273,964,134 92.21 23,150,737 7.79 17,735,429 Directors to allot shares 13. To authorise the 313,854,280 99.82 579,567 0.18 416,455 Directors to disapply pre-emption rights
14. To permit the Company 309,604,476 99.51 1,523,820 0.49 3,722,005
to purchase its own shares
15. To authorise the 271,665,698 86.94 40,804,256 13.06 2,382,848
Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure
16. To authorise the 286,475,008 91.02 28,260,379 8.98 114,915
calling of general meetings of the Company by notice of 14 clear days
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.
The current issued share capital of FirstGroup plc is 482,067,170 ordinary shares of 5 pence per share. 65.34% of voting capital was instructed.
In accordance with the UK Listing Authority's Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed by FirstGroup plc's shareholders in connection with special business at today's Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.
This document will shortly be available for inspection at: http:// www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
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