FirstGroup plc
Result of 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
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 year ended 27 March 2021 |
982,781,107 |
99.91 |
915,863 |
0.09 |
983,696,970 |
4,311,841 |
2 |
To approve the
Directors’ Remuneration Policy |
943,536,831 |
95.84 |
40,940,117 |
4.16 |
984,476,948 |
3,531,863 |
3 |
To approve the
Directors’ Annual Report on Remuneration |
969,027,041 |
98.43 |
15,447,237 |
1.57 |
984,474,278 |
3,534,533 |
4 |
To re-elect Warwick
Brady as a Director |
787,355,285 |
79.71 |
200,405,646 |
20.29 |
987,760,931 |
247,880 |
5 |
To re-elect Sally
Cabrini as a Director |
979,744,821 |
99.52 |
4,705,680 |
0.48 |
984,450,501 |
3,558,310 |
6 |
To elect Anthony Green
as a Director |
981,096,846 |
99.66 |
3,355,647 |
0.34 |
984,452,493 |
3,556,318 |
7 |
To elect Jane Lodge as
a Director |
979,496,340 |
99.50 |
4,968,595 |
0.50 |
984,464,935 |
3,543,876 |
8 |
To elect Peter Lynas as
a Director |
984,252,046 |
99.98 |
194,890 |
0.02 |
984,446,936 |
3,561,875 |
9 |
To re-elect Ryan
Mangold as a Director |
981,154,885 |
99.66 |
3,330,832 |
0.34 |
984,485,717 |
3,523,094 |
10 |
To re-elect David
Martin as a Director |
789,813,517 |
79.96 |
197,918,257 |
20.04 |
987,731,774 |
277,037 |
11 |
To re-elect Julia Steyn
as a Director |
809,678,504 |
81.97 |
178,078,290 |
18.03 |
987,756,794 |
252,017 |
12 |
To appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors |
974,183,854 |
98.95 |
10,298,561 |
1.05 |
984,482,415 |
3,526,396 |
13 |
To authorise the
Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors |
974,618,146 |
99.00 |
9,862,261 |
1.00 |
984,480,407 |
3,528,404 |
14 |
To authorise the
Directors to allot shares |
972,006,401 |
98.73 |
12,529,847 |
1.27 |
984,536,248 |
3,472,563 |
15 |
To authorise the
Directors to disapply
pre-emption rights |
825,041,932 |
83.80 |
159,438,692 |
16.20 |
984,480,624 |
3,528,187 |
16 |
To disapply pre-emption
rights for acquisitions or other capital investments |
818,762,517 |
83.17 |
165,700,933 |
16.83 |
984,463,450 |
3,545,361 |
17 |
To authorise the
Directors to make market
purchases of the Company’s shares |
982,990,235 |
99.88 |
1,155,828 |
0.12 |
984,146,063 |
3,862,748 |
18 |
To authorise the
Company to make political donations and incur political
expenditure |
801,568,729 |
81.42 |
182,891,168 |
18.58 |
984,459,897 |
3,548,914 |
19 |
To adopt the rules of
the FirstGroup Share Incentive Plan 2021 |
984,175,384 |
99.97 |
327,651 |
0.03 |
984,503,035 |
3,505,776 |
20 |
To authorise the
calling of general meetings
on 14 clear days’ notice |
969,504,046 |
98.47 |
15,036,152 |
1.53 |
984,540,198 |
3,468,613 |
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 988,008,811 ordinary shares of
5 pence per share, representing
80.81% 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
1,222,699,853 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 14, 18 and 19 were
proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 15 to 17 and 20 as
Special Resolutions.
The Board is pleased that shareholders voted in favour of all of
the resolutions put to today's meeting. The Board takes seriously
its responsibility to engage with its shareholders to understand
their different perspectives and, accordingly, is aware of the
views of certain investors who voted against some of the
resolutions today. The Group is committed to continuing a
constructive and open dialogue on this and all other matters with
our shareholders.
Contacts at FirstGroup:
Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor
Relations
Stuart Butchers, Group Head of Communications
Seema Kamboj, Deputy 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.