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FirstGroup plc
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting, 16 July 2009
The Board of FirstGroup plc announces that, at the Annual General Meeting held
earlier today, Resolutions 1 to 15 were duly passed by the Company's
shareholders on a poll. The results of the poll are shown below.
Resolution FOR AGAINST WITHHELD
No. of % of No. of % of Vote No. of
Votes Vote Votes Votes
1. To receive the Annual 316,865,120 99.34 2,118,712 0.66 103,197
Report and Financial
Statements
2. To approve the 285,677,370 98.41 4,622,818 1.59 28,786,841
Directors'
Remuneration Report
3. To declare a final 319,013,675 99.99 35,431 0.01 37,923
dividend
4. To re-elect Sidney 315,783,859 99.24 2,421,020 0.76 882,150
Barrie as a Director
5. To re-elect Martyn 313,162,076 98.50 4,764,473 1.50 1,160,480
Williams as a Director
6. To elect Nicola Shaw 317,560,957 99.58 1,338,358 0.42 187,714
as a Director
7. To elect Colin Hood as 318,405,637 99.84 513,927 0.16 167,465
a Director
8. To elect Tim O'Toole 318,431,721 99.84 496,575 0.16 158,733
as a Director
9. To re-appoint Deloitte 314,271,404 99.30 2,209,094 0.70 2,606,531
LLP as independent
auditors
10. To authorise the 317,026,757 99.58 1,342,528 0.42 717,744
Directors to determine
the remuneration of
the independent
auditors
11. To authorise the 317,626,607 99.63 1,186,313 0.37 274,109
Directors to allot
relevant securities
12. To authorise the 316,213,662 99.77 718,582 0.23 2,154,785
Directors to disapply
pre-emption rights
13. To permit the Company 318,638,005 99.90 306,606 0.10 142,418
to purchase its own
shares
14. To authorise the 312,381,926 98.66 4,249,006 1.34 2,456,097
Company to make
political donations
and incur political
expenditure
15. To authorise the 314,308,151 98.66 4,267,238 1.34 511,640
calling of general
meetings of the
Company by notice of
14 clear days
The current issued share capital of FirstGroup plc is 481,915,727 ordinary
shares of 5 pence per share (excluding treasury shares).
END
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