7 Feb 2019 13:00
7 February 2019
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 | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | VOTESWITHHELD |
1. receive the Annual Report & Accounts 2018 | 1,059,338,825 | 97.74 | 24,482,255 | 2.26 | 1,083,821,080 | 775,622 |
2. approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,073,254,467 | 98.96 | 11,260,541 | 1.04 | 1,084,515,008 | 102,244 |
3. elect Sten Daugaard | 1,080,723,605 | 99.66 | 3,684,304 | 0.34 | 1,084,407,909 | 176,764 |
4. re-elect Dawn Airey | 1,083,853,612 | 99.95 | 549,489 | 0.05 | 1,084,403,101 | 190,371 |
5. re-elect Emre Berkin | 1,083,839,184 | 99.95 | 543,535 | 0.05 | 1,084,382,719 | 210,753 |
6. re-elect Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson | 1,075,305,645 | 99.16 | 9,091,149 | 0.84 | 1,084,396,794 | 196,677 |
7. re-elect Peter Fankhauser | 1,083,813,852 | 99.94 | 615,376 | 0.06 | 1,084,429,228 | 164,244 |
8. re-elect Lesley Knox | 1,083,859,113 | 99.95 | 542,295 | 0.05 | 1,084,401,408 | 192,064 |
9. re-elect Frank Meysman | 1,081,700,951 | 99.75 | 2,700,381 | 0.25 | 1,084,401,332 | 192,140 |
10. re-elect Jürgen Schreiber | 1,083,980,708 | 99.96 | 400,474 | 0.04 | 1,084,381,182 | 212,290 |
11. re-elect Warren Tucker | 1,083,545,292 | 99.92 | 851,528 | 0.08 | 1,084,396,820 | 196,652 |
12. re-elect Martine Verluyten | 1,082,502,447 | 99.83 | 1,878,330 | 0.17 | 1,084,380,777 | 212,695 |
13. re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor | 1,084,275,617 | 99.98 | 187,572 | 0.02 | 1,084,463,189 | 109,732 |
14. authority to determine the Auditor's remuneration | 1,084,145,441 | 99.97 | 364,451 | 0.03 | 1,084,509,892 | 83,580 |
15. authority to make political donations | 1,080,786,671 | 99.66 | 3,706,954 | 0.34 | 1,084,493,625 | 99,847 |
16. authority to allot shares | 1,076,602,778 | 99.27 | 7,887,533 | 0.73 | 1,084,490,311 | 103,161 |
17. authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 1,082,590,654 | 99.83 | 1,808,784 | 0.17 | 1,084,399,438 | 173,483 |
18. additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 1,069,430,267 | 98.62 | 14,956,383 | 1.38 | 1,084,386,650 | 181,398 |
19. authority for a 14-day notice period for general meetings | 1,065,701,232 | 98.27 | 18,755,811 | 1.73 | 1,084,457,043 | 115,878 |
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 €0.01 Ordinary shares in issue on 7 February 2019 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 Group General Counsel and Company Secretary 020 7557 6400 | Alice Macandrew Group Corporate Affairs & Communications Director 020 7557 6409 |
Thomas Cook (TCG)