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Results of General Meeting.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n 18 November 2021\n \n THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA OR NEW ZEALAND\n \n PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT\n \n FIRSTGROUP PLC\nRESULTS OF GENERAL MEETING\n FirstGroup plc (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that, at the general meeting of the Company held on 18 November 2021 (the “General Meeting”), the three special resolutions and one ordinary resolution put to shareholders to approve the Tender Offer and related matters (all as set out in full in the Notice of General Meeting included in the shareholder circular dated 27 October 2021 (the “Circular”)) (the “Resolutions”) were each duly passed by poll vote.\n The number of votes for and against the Resolutions, and the number of votes withheld, were as follows:\n \n \n \n Resolution (each as set out in full in the Notice of General Meeting)\n \n \n FOR\n \n \n AGAINST\n \n \n TOTAL\n \n \n WITHHELD\n \n \n \n \n Number of\n votes\n \n \n % of vote\n \n \n Number of\n votes\n \n \n % of vote\n \n \n Number of\n votes\n \n \n Number of votes\n \n \n \n 1. Special resolution to authorise the Company to make one or more market purchases of its Ordinary Shares pursuant to, for the purposes of, the Tender Offer.\n 922,511,555\n 99.86\n 1,338,008\n 0.14\n 923,849,563\n 417,576\n \n \n 2. Ordinary resolution to authorise the Company and its directors, in connection with any Special Dividend, to consolidate or sub-divide the Ordinary Shares of the Company.\n 922,688,592\n 99.88\n 1,076,995\n 0.12\n 923,765,587\n 501,552\n \n \n 3. Special resolution to, subject to any share consolidation taking effect, amend the definition of \"nominal amount” or “nominal value\" within the articles of association of the Company.\n 922,327,796\n 99.86\n 1,297,590\n 0.14\n 923,625,386\n 641,753\n \n \n 4. Special resolution in substitution for authority granted at the 2021 AGM, to authorise the Company to make one or more market purchases of its Ordinary Shares representing up to approximately ten per cent. of the Company's Issued Ordinary Share Capital.\n 921,501,300\n 99.77\n 2,150,190\n 0.23\n 923,651,490\n 611,899\n \n \n 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 th...