Result of AGM

FirstGroup plc

Result of 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) - 26 JULY 2024

FirstGroup plc (the 'Company') announces that, at the AGM held earlier today, all resolutions were 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.

		FOR		AGAINST		TOTAL	WITHHELD
		Number of Votes	% of Vote	Number of Votes	% of Vote	Number of Votes	Number of Votes
1	To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 53 weeks ended 30 March 2024	455,470,678	99.99	33,708	0.01	455,504,386	1,016,249
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	426,755,092	93.54	29,479,055	6.46	456,234,147	286,508
3	To approve the Directors' Annual Report on Remuneration	441,012,155	96.64	15,310,095	3.36	456,322,250	198,405
4	To declare a final dividend of 4.0 pence per ordinary share for the 53 weeks ended 30 March 2024	456,439,848	100.00	16,252	0.00	456,456,100	64,387
5	To re-elect Sally Cabrini as a Director	447,834,414	98.15	8,427,542	1.85	456,261,956	258,679
6	To re-elect Myrtle Dawes as a Director	447,790,907	98.15	8,463,129	1.85	456,254,036	266,599
7	To re-elect Anthony Green as a Director	444,614,088	97.44	11,659,331	2.56	456,273,419	247,216
8	To re-elect Claire Hawkings as a Director	447,745,027	98.14	8,486,413	1.86	456,231,440	289,195
9	To re- elect Jane Lodge as a Director	443,096,308	97.12	13,139,015	2.88	456,235,323	285,312
10	To re- elect Peter Lynas as a Director	447,785,368	98.14	8,467,974	1.86	456,253,342	267,293
11	To re-elect Ryan Mangold as a Director	455,585,511	99.86	652,185	0.14	456,237,696	282,939
12	To re-elect David Martin as a Director	429,052,809	94.04	27,181,467	5.96	456,234,276	286,359
13	To re-elect Graham Sutherland as a Director	455,683,934	99.87	573,775	0.13	456,257,709	262,926
14	To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors	456,188,153	99.97	124,390	0.03	456,312,543	208,092
15	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	456,008,325	99.92	363,520	0.08	456,371,845	148,790
16	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	447,204,302	97.99	9,170,817	2.01	456,375,119	145,516
17	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights	447,468,250	98.07	8,803,378	1.93	456,271,628	247,480
18	To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or other capital investments	439,898,198	96.42	16,344,053	3.58	456,242,251	276,857
19	To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares	436,918,496	95.88	18,761,703	4.12	455,680,199	840,436
20	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	452,812,482	99.22	3,546,820	0.78	456,359,302	161,333
21	To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days' notice	446,977,127	97.94	9,420,046	2.06	456,397,173	123,462

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 456,456,100 ordinary shares of 5 pence per share, representing 73.94% of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the AGM. The Company's issued share capital as at close of business on 24th July 2024 which was the voting record date for the meeting was 750,695,015 ordinary shares and the number of votes per share is one. On 24th July 2024 the Company held 133,399,635 shares in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights. Resolutions 1 to 16, and 20 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 17 to 19 and 21 as Special Resolutions.

Contacts at FirstGroup:

Marianna Bowes Head of Investor Relations

Stuart Butchers, Group Head of Communications

David Blizzard, Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

Contacts at Brunswick PR:

Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer, Tel: [phone]

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93. Classification as per DTR 6 Annex 1R: 3.1.

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