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11 Feb 2011 13:30

Thomas Cook Group plc
(the "Company")
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Annual General Meeting
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At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 10.00 am on Friday 11 February 2011, the following resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of shareholders on a poll. The poll results of each resolution are set out below.
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Resolution | Votes For (incl. Chairman's Discretion) | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes Cast (Excl. withheld votes) | Votes Withheld 1 | |
1. | To receive Accounts and the Reports | 607,387,370 | 100.00 | 5,009 | 0.00 | 607,392,379 | 5,614,211 |
2. | To approve the Remuneration Report 2 | 326,201,127 | 60.96 | 208,909,803 | 39.04 | 535,110,930 | 77,895,660 |
3. | To approve the final dividend | 606,676,912 | 99.89 | 673,312 | 0.11 | 607,350,224 | 5,656,366 |
4. | To re-elect Michael Beckett | 542,551,951 | 89.33 | 64,789,643 | 10.67 | 607,341,594 | 5,662,871 |
5. | To re-elect Bo Lerenius | 575,978,525 | 98.05 | 11,441,788 | 1.95 | 587,420,313 | 25,584,152 |
6. | To elect Dawn Airey | 606,665,790 | 99.88 | 719,710 | 0.12 | 607,385,500 | 5,618,965 |
7. | To elect Peter Marks 3 | Resolution Withdrawn | |||||
8. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company | 606,958,200 | 99.93 | 425,708 | 0.07 | 607,383,908 | 5,620,342 |
9. | To give authority to the Directors to fix the Auditors' remuneration | 606,841,789 | 99.91 | 545,234 | 0.09 | 607,387,023 | 5,619,567 |
10. | To give authority to make political donations | 604,188,318 | 99.53 | 2,877,932 | 0.47 | 607,066,250 | 5,940,340 |
11. | To give authority to the Directors to allot shares | 579,683,107 | 95.71 | 25,981,554 | 4.29 | 605,664,661 | 7,341,929 |
12. | To give authority to the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights | 604,833,010 | 99.58 | 2,546,002 | 0.42 | 607,379,012 | 5,627,578 |
13. | To amend the period of notice for general meetings | 559,725,046 | 92.17 | 47,576,075 | 7.83 | 607,301,121 | 5,703,344 |
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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.
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2. The Board is aware of the issues relating to the Group's Performance Share Plan, raised by some shareholders and reflected in the votes cast at the AGM. Although over 60% of votes supported the Group's remuneration policies and practices, the Board takes the issues raised by shareholders seriously. Peter Middleton, the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, will meet with those shareholders to listen to their concerns and to discuss with them why the Board took certain decisions.
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3. Resolution 7 was not put to the meeting as Peter Marks's appointment to the Board is subject to the completion of the retail joint venture with The Co-Operative Group and Midlands Co-Operative, which is currently subject to approval by the competition authorities.
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A copy of the Non Routine Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.
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For further information please contact:
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Thomas Cook Group plc  Derek Woodward, Group Company Secretary |   +44 (0) 20 7557 6400 |
Finsbury | |
 Faeth Birch |  +44 (0) 20 7251 3801 |
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