15th Jul 2011 14:33
FirstGroup plc (the "Company") Results of Annual General Meeting on 15 July 2011
The Board of FirstGroup plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today, Resolutions 1 to 20 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 311,173,604 99.66 1,063,295 0.34 4,677,474
Report and Financial Statements
2. To approve the 161,770,789 57.39 120,120,610 42.61 35,022,974
Directors' Remuneration Report
3. To declare a final 311,584,928 99.97 101,811 0.03 5,227,634
dividend
4. To re-elect Sidney 289,890,719 92.88 22,233,692 7.12 4,789,962
Barrie as a Director
5. To re-elect Audrey 278,488,324 89.22 33,648,150 10.78 4,777,899
Baxter as a Director
6. To re-elect Professor 278,490,927 89.22 33,663,602 10.78 4,759,844
David Begg as a Director
7. To re-elect Jeff Carr 301,982,269 96.74 10,160,575 3.26 4,771,529
as a Director
8. To re-elect Martin 286,238,281 91.71 25,863,707 8.29 4,812,385
Gilbert as a Director
9. To re-elect Colin Hood 278,480,124 89.22 33,652,524 10.78 4,781,725
as a Director 10. To re-elect John 278,504,849 89.22 33,641,715 10.78 4,767,809 Sievwright as a Director 11. To re-elect Tim 301,953,422 96.74 10,185,054 3.26 4,775,897 O'Toole as a Director
12. To re-elect Martyn 301,359,588 96.54 10,800,064 3.46 4,754,721
Williams as a Director
13. To re-appoint Deloitte 306,186,305 99.33 2,055,914 0.67 8,672,154
LLP as independent auditors
14. To authorise the 302,566,233 99.53 1,432,216 0.47 12,915,924
Directors to determine the remuneration of the independent auditors 15. To authorise the 243,111,778 80.68 58,199,970 19.32 15,602,625 Directors to allot shares 16. To authorise the 310,358,187 99.47 1,657,781 0.53 4,898,405 Directors to disapply pre-emption rights
17. To permit the Company 306,951,881 99.60 1,242,577 0.40 8,719,915
to purchase its own shares
18. To authorise the 290,216,771 93.21 21,144,109 6.79 5,553,493
Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure
19. To approve the 306,441,735 98.21 5,598,581 1.79 4,874,057
FirstGroup plc Share Incentive Plan 20. To authorise the 293,799,351 94.14 18,303,911 5.86 4,811,111 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 481,799,435 ordinary shares of 5 pence per share (excluding treasury shares).
In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R FirstGroup plc has submitted a copy of the resolutions passed in connection with special business at today's Annual General Meeting to the National Storage Mechanism.
This document will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
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