8 Feb 2018 15:02
8 February 2018
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 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 |
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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 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
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Enquiries:
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Alice Marsden Group General Counsel and Company Secretary 020 7557 6400 | Matthew Magee Head of Corporate Communications 020 7294 7059 |
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