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FirstGroup Plc
FirstGroup Plc - Result of AGM
26th July 2024, 15:12
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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.

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