Thomas Cook Group PLC AGM Statement (3582E)

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RNS Number : 3582E

Thomas Cook Group PLC

08 February 2018

8 February 2018

Thomas Cook Group plc

(the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

At the Company's AGM held today at 10.30 am, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted on a poll and were passed by the requisite majorities. The poll results of each resolution are set out in the table below.

 
       RESOLUTION            VOTES         %        VOTES       %         VOTES         VOTES 
                              FOR                   AGAINST               TOTAL        WITHHELD 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 1. receive 
  the Annual 
  Report & Accounts 
  2017                   1,258,845,762   100.00       58,808   0.00   1,258,904,570   1,037,509 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 2. declare 
  a final dividend       1,259,774,924   100.00       12,483   0.00   1,259,787,407     154,672 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 3. approve 
  the Directors' 
  Remuneration 
  Report                 1,235,710,158    98.09   24,055,734   1.91   1,259,765,892     220,515 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 4. elect Paul 
  Edgecliffe-Johnson     1,259,549,166    99.99      124,663   0.01   1,259,673,829     268,250 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 5. elect Jürgen 
  Schreiber              1,259,531,183    99.99      142,129   0.01   1,259,673,312     268,767 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 6. elect Bill 
  Scott                  1,258,771,759    99.93      876,447   0.07   1,259,648,206     293,873 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 7. re-elect 
  Dawn Airey             1,258,781,003    99.93      895,413   0.07   1,259,676,416     265,663 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 8. re-elect 
  Annet Aris             1,253,914,048    99.54    5,738,187   0.46   1,259,652,235     289,844 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 9. re-elect 
  Emre Berkin            1,258,822,863    99.93      829,385   0.07   1,259,652,248     289,831 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 10. re-elect 
  Peter Fankhauser       1,259,435,217    99.98      282,294   0.02   1,259,717,511     224,568 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 11. re-elect 
  Lesley Knox            1,259,427,438    99.98      232,265   0.02   1,259,659,703     282,376 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 12. re-elect 
  Frank Meysman          1,254,983,244    99.63    4,697,189   0.37   1,259,680,433     261,646 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 13. re-elect 
  Warren Tucker          1,253,356,713    99.50    6,299,356   0.50   1,259,656,069     286,010 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 14. re-elect 
  Martine Verluyten      1,258,810,352    99.93      866,743   0.07   1,259,677,095     264,984 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 15. re-appoint 
  Ernst & Young 
  LLP as Auditor         1,258,836,853    99.93      909,837   0.07   1,259,746,690     185,879 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 16. authority 
  to determine 
  the Auditor's 
  remuneration           1,202,471,791    95.45   57,256,099   4.55   1,259,727,890     204,679 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 17. authority 
  to make political 
  donations              1,254,468,130    99.58    5,285,498   0.42   1,259,753,628     188,451 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 18. authority 
  to allot shares        1,248,660,826    99.12   11,057,873   0.88   1,259,718,699     223,380 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 19. approve 
  the updated 
  BAYE scheme 
  rules                  1,256,766,336    99.77    2,906,789   0.23   1,259,673,125     281,830 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 20. authority 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights                 1,259,311,802    99.98      312,915   0.02   1,259,624,717     307,852 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 21. additional 
  authority 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights                 1,241,383,948    98.55   18,222,499   1.45   1,259,606,447     313,245 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 22. authority 
  for a 14-day 
  notice period 
  for general 
  meetings               1,232,126,673    97.81   27,637,554   2.19   1,259,764,227     197,538 
----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  --------------  ---------- 
 

Notes:

1. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "for" and "against" a resolution.

2. The number of EUR0.01 Ordinary shares in issue on 8 February 2018 was 1,535,851,316. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R, a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for viewing at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Enquiries:

 
 Alice Marsden                Matthew Magee 
  Group General Counsel and    Head of Corporate Communications 
  Company Secretary            020 7294 7059 
  020 7557 6400 
 

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