7 Feb 2019 13:00
7 February 2019
Thomas Cook Group plc
(the "Company")
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Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
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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.
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 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 JĂĽrgen 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 |
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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
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Enquiries:
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Alice Marsden Group General Counsel and Company Secretary 020 7557 6400 | Alice Macandrew Group Corporate Affairs & Communications Director 020 7557 6409 |
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