Thomas Cook Group PLC Holding(s) in Company (4256Z)

TIDMTCG

RNS Number : 4256Z

Thomas Cook Group PLC

14 March 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                          Thomas Cook Group plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                  X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                    Guo Guangchang 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                       FPI (UK) 1 Limited and Fosun International 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                          Limited 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                  10 March 2017 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                    14 March 2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                  10% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                 Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                  transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number           Number            Number          Number of voting         % of voting rights 
                of                of                of shares       rights                   (x) 
                Shares            Voting 
                                  Rights 
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                                                   Direct          Direct     Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                   (xi)        (xii) 
-------------      -----------    ------------    --------------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 Ordinary 
 EUR0.10                           153,550,687                                153,611,238                   10.0017% 
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 GB00B1VYCH82 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration     Exercise/                         Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial           date (xiii)    Conversion Period                 rights that may            rights 
 instrument                         (xiv)                             be 
                                                                      acquired if the 
                                                                      instrument is 
                                                                      exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise       Expiration      Exercise/         Number of voting           % of voting rights 
 financial         price         date (xvii)     Conversion         rights instrument          (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                      period             refers to 
                                                 (xviii) 
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                                                                                              Nominal       Delta 
---------------  -------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights 
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 153,611,238                                         10.0017% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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   Guo Guangchang is the effective holder of the voting rights described 
   in this notification through the following chain of controlled undertakings: 
 
   Guo Guangchang is a majority shareholder of Fosun International Holdings 
   Ltd. which owns 100% of the shares in Fosun Holdings Limited which owns 
   71.66% of the shares in Fosun International Limited which owns 100% of 
   the shares in Fosun Financial Holdings Limited which owns 100% of the 
   shares in Millennium Gain Limited, which owns 100% of the shares in Longrun 
   Portugal, SGPS, S.A. which owns 84.9861% of Fidelidade - Companhia de 
   Seguros, S.A. which owns 100% of the shares of Fidelidade - Property 
   International, S.A. which owns 100% of the shares of FPI (UK) 1 Limited. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                                                              Alice Marsden, Group General Counsel 
                                                                              & Company Secretary, Thomas Cook Group 
                                                                                                                 plc 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                                                         020 7557 6400 
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