Thomas Cook Regulatory News (TCG)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Thomas Cook Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Guo Guangchang

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

FPI (UK) 1 Limited and Fosun International Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

30 September 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

3 October 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

9%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary €0.10

125,250,106

138,387,576

9.0105%

GB00B1VYCH82

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

138,387,576

9.0105%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Guo Guangchang is the effective holder of the voting rights described in this notification through the following chain of controlled undertakings:

Guo Guangchang is a majority shareholder of Fosun International Holdings Ltd. which owns 100% of the shares in Fosun Holdings Limited which owns 71.53% of the shares in Fosun International Limited which owns 100% of the shares in Fosun Financial Holdings Limited which owns 100% of the shares in Millennium Gain Limited, which owns 100% of the shares in Longrun Portugal, SGPS, S.A. which owns 84.9861% of Fidelidade - Companhia de Seguros, S.A. which owns 100% of the shares of Fidelidade - Property International, S.A. which owns 100% of the shares of FPI (UK) 1 Limited.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Alice Marsden, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, Thomas Cook Group plc

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 294 7007