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