19th Jul 2016 17:00
FIRSTGROUP PLC - Result of AGMFIRSTGROUP PLC - Result of AGM
PR Newswire
London, July 19
FirstGroup plc
(the “Company”)
Results of Annual General Meeting on 19 July 2016
The Board of FirstGroup plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, Resolutions 1 to 19 were duly passed by the Company’s shareholders on a poll. The results of the poll are shown below.
| Resolution | FOR | AGAINST | TOTAL | WITHHELD | |||
| No. of Votes | % of Vote | No. of Votes | % of Vote | No. of Votes | No. of Votes | ||
| 1. | To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2016 | 909,766,866 | 99.95 | 426,644 | 0.05 | 910,193,510 | 36,481,689 |
| 2. | To approve the Directors’ Annual Report on Remuneration | 799,235,216 | 96.53 | 28,761,378 | 3.47 | 827,996,594 | 118,668,660 |
| 3. | To elect Matthew Gregory as a Director | 944,305,319 | 99.80 | 1,935,749 | 0.20 | 946,241,068 | 415,817 |
| 4. | To re-elect Mick Barker as a Director | 944,161,641 | 99.77 | 2,166,038 | 0.23 | 946,327,679 | 334,536 |
| 5. | To re-elect Warwick Brady as a Director | 944,514,813 | 99.81 | 1,762,401 | 0.19 | 946,277,214 | 382,427 |
| 6. | To re-elect Drummond Hall as a Director | 944,330,405 | 99.79 | 1,974,153 | 0.21 | 946,304,558 | 354,515 |
| 7. | To re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director | 924,123,475 | 98.50 | 14,082,313 | 1.50 | 938,205,788 | 8,456,485 |
| 8. | To re-elect Tim O’Toole as a Director | 943,675,821 | 99.72 | 2,693,794 | 0.28 | 946,369,615 | 292,996 |
| 9. | To re-elect Brian Wallace as a Director | 939,847,858 | 99.32 | 6,472,307 | 0.68 | 946,320,165 | 342,108 |
| 10. | To re-elect Imelda Walsh as a Director | 943,512,418 | 99.70 | 2,844,191 | 0.30 | 946,356,609 | 303,656 |
| 11. | To re-elect Jim Winestock as a Director | 944,422,351 | 99.80 | 1,876,758 | 0.20 | 946,299,109 | 343,157 |
| 12. | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors | 926,533,449 | 98.77 | 11,580,912 | 1.23 | 938,114,361 | 8,539,506 |
| 13. | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors | 945,636,036 | 99.91 | 814,864 | 0.09 | 946,450,900 | 204,666 |
| 14. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 934,880,473 | 98.78 | 11,570,492 | 1.22 | 946,450,965 | 214,998 |
| 15. | To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights | 778,124,190 | 92.73 | 60,998,207 | 7.27 | 839,122,397 | 107,536,018 |
| 16. | To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company’s shares | 935,086,028 | 98.80 | 11,371,239 | 1.20 | 946,457,267 | 209,439 |
| 17. | To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 822,888,429 | 86.95 | 123,453,455 | 13.05 | 946,341,884 | 326,052 |
| 18. | To approve the rules of the FirstGroup plc 2016 Sharesave Plan | 943,806,605 | 99.73 | 2,595,984 | 0.27 | 946,402,589 | 264,455 |
| 19. | To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days’ notice | 891,352,135 | 94.17 | 55,169,221 | 5.83 | 946,521,356 | 145,349 |
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 1,204,988,509 ordinary shares of 5 pence per share. 77.32% of voting capital was instructed.
In accordance with the Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business passed at today’s Annual General Meeting will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
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