FirstGroup Plc - 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.
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| 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: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354
Contacts at Brunswick PR:
Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93. Classification as per DTR 6 Annex 1R: 3.1.
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