Result of AGM

FirstGroup plc

Result of 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

FirstGroup plc (the 'Company') announces that, at the AGM held earlier today, all resolutions were duly 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 year ended 31 March 2018	908,588,828	99.97	239,253	0.03	908,828,081	28,447,184
2	To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy	787,510,512	84.52	144,272,299	15.48	931,782,811	5,492,503
3	To approve the Directors’ Annual Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2018	870,429,586	96.37	32,771,050	3.63	903,200,636	34,074,629
4	To elect David Robbie as a Director	851,284,959	91.31	81,031,994	8.69	932,316,953	4,958,313
5	To re-elect Warwick Brady as a Director	928,399,632	99.58	3,920,843	0.42	932,320,475	4,954,791
6	To re-elect Matthew Gregory as a Director	928,888,979	99.63	3,449,399	0.37	932,338,378	4,936,888
7	To re-elect Jimmy Groombridge as a Director	928,507,173	99.59	3,848,396	0.41	932,355,569	4,919,697
8	To re-elect Drummond Hall as a Director	930,248,512	99.78	2,087,000	0.22	932,335,512	4,939,754
9	To re-elect Wolfhart Hauser as a Director	791,673,395	84.92	140,633,807	15.08	932,307,202	4,967,347
10	To re-elect Martha Poulter as a Director	930,334,330	99.79	1,973,491	0.21	932,307,821	4,964,945
11	To re-elect Imelda Walsh as a Director	908,208,634	97.41	24,119,449	2.59	932,328,083	4,947,183
12	To re-elect Jim Winestock as a Director	928,402,322	99.58	3,954,716	0.42	932,357,038	4,917,512
13	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors	880,883,586	94.48	51,436,907	5.52	932,320,493	4,954,772
14	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors	929,767,153	99.73	2,544,236	0.27	932,311,389	4,963,877
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	916,661,275	98.32	15,698,433	1.68	932,359,708	4,915,558
16	To authorise the Directors to disapply pre?emption rights	931,109,950	99.87	1,195,261	0.13	932,305,211	4,970,055
17	To disapply pre-emption rights for acquisitions or other capital investments	880,158,589	94.41	52,137,822	5.59	932,296,411	4,978,854
18	To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company’s shares	906,933,422	97.41	24,097,551	2.59	931,030,973	6,244,292
19	To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure	814,098,150	87.32	118,230,398	12.68	932,328,548	4,946,718
20	To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days’ notice	897,042,287	96.20	35,434,897	3.80	932,477,184	4,798,082
21	To approve the renewal of the Long-Term Incentive Plan Rules	812,273,276	87.17	119,543,995	12.83	931,817,271	5,457,995

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 937,275,265 ordinary shares of 5 pence per share, representing 77.36% of the total number of votes capable of being cast at the AGM. The Company's issued share capital as at today's date is 1,211,542,996 ordinary shares and the number of votes per share is one. The Company held 157,229 shares in Treasury, which do not carry any voting rights.

Resolutions 1 to 15, 19 and 21 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 and 20 as Special Resolutions. Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, passed at the AGM on 17 July 2018, will shortly be available to view via the National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM  

Enquiries:

Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Deputy Company Secretary

Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor Relations

Tel: [phone]

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