FirstGroup Plc - Result of AGM

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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 Vote Number of % of Number of Number of Votes Vote Votes of Votes Votes 1 To receive the Annual 455,470,678 99.99 33,708 0.01 455,504,386 1,016,249 Report and FinancialStatements for the 53 weeks ended 30 March2024 2 To approve the 426,755,092 93.54 29,479,055 6.46 456,234,147 286,508 Directors' Remuneration Policy 3 To approve the 441,012,155 96.64 15,310,095 3.36 456,322,250 198,405 Directors' Annual Report on Remuneration 4 To declare a final 456,439,848 100.00 16,252 0.00 456,456,100 64,387 dividend of 4.0 pence per ordinary share for the 53 weeks ended 30March 2024 5 To re-elect Sally 447,834,414 98.15 8,427,542 1.85 456,261,956 258,679 Cabrini as a Director 6 To re-elect Myrtle 447,790,907 98.15 8,463,129 1.85 456,254,036 266,599 Dawes as a Director 7 To re-elect Anthony 444,614,088 97.44 11,659,331 2.56 456,273,419 247,216 Green as a Director 8 To re-elect Claire 447,745,027 98.14 8,486,413 1.86 456,231,440 289,195 Hawkings as a Director 9 To re- elect Jane 443,096,308 97.12 13,139,015 2.88 456,235,323 285,312 Lodge as a Director 10 To re- elect Peter 447,785,368 98.14 8,467,974 1.86 456,253,342 267,293 Lynas as a Director 11 To re-elect Ryan 455,585,511 99.86 652,185 0.14 456,237,696 282,939 Mangold as a Director 12 To re-elect David 429,052,809 94.04 27,181,467 5.96 456,234,276 286,359 Martin as a Director 13 To re-elect Graham 455,683,934 99.87 573,775 0.13 456,257,709 262,926 Sutherland as a Director 14 To appoint 456,188,153 99.97 124,390 0.03 456,312,543 208,092 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors 15 To authorise the 456,008,325 99.92 363,520 0.08 456,371,845 148,790 Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors 16 To authorise the 447,204,302 97.99 9,170,817 2.01 456,375,119 145,516 Directors to allot shares 17 To authorise the 447,468,250 98.07 8,803,378 1.93 456,271,628 247,480 Directors to disapply pre-emption rights 18 To disapply pre 439,898,198 96.42 16,344,053 3.58 456,242,251 276,857 -emption rights for acquisitions or other capital investments 19 To authorise the 436,918,496 95.88 18,761,703 4.12 455,680,199 840,436 Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares 20 To authorise the 452,812,482 99.22 3,546,820 0.78 456,359,302 161,333 Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure 21 To authorise the 446,977,127 97.94 9,420,046 2.06 456,397,173 123,462 calling of general meetings on 14 clear days' notice 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. This information was brought to you by Cision http://news.cision.com

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