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Thomas Cook Group plc
(the "Company")
Annual General Meeting
At theΒ Company'sΒ Annual General Meeting held at 1.30 pm today, Thursday 19 March 2009, the followingΒ resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of shareholders on a show of hands. The proxy votes submitted in advance of the meeting are set out below.
| Issued share capital at meeting date: |
858,292,947 |
| Number of votes per share: |
1 |
|
Resolution |
VotesΒ For (incl. Chairman'sΒ Discretion) |
% |
Chairman's Discretion |
VotesΒ Against |
% |
Total VotesΒ CastΒ (Excl.Β abstentions or withheld votes) |
VotesΒ Withheld |
|
|
1. |
To receive the Annual Report & Accounts |
732,082,880 |
100.00 |
29,018 |
7,514 |
0.00 |
732,090,394 |
6,444,535 |
|
2. |
To approve the Remuneration ReportΒ |
481,902,992 |
65.83 |
30,102 |
250,146,499 |
34.17 |
732,049,421 |
6,485,507 |
|
3. |
To agree the final dividend |
732,353,850 |
100.00 |
28,707 |
200 |
0.00 |
732,354,050 |
6,180,879 |
|
4. |
To re-elect David AllveyΒ * |
597,847,543 |
99.31 |
30,041 |
4,124,287 |
0.69 |
601,971,830 |
6,186,146 |
|
5. |
To elect JΓΌrgen BΓΌserΒ * |
598,883,371 |
99.49 |
31,171 |
3,088,237 |
0.51 |
601,971,608 |
6,186,368 |
|
6. |
To electΒ Nigel NorthridgeΒ * |
594,831,693 |
99.61 |
30,944 |
2,330,504 |
0.39 |
597,162,197 |
10,993,979 |
|
7. |
To electΒ Karl-Gerhard EickΒ |
718,413,250 |
98.19 |
32,796 |
13,276,977 |
1.81 |
731,690,227 |
6,842,902 |
|
8. |
To re-appoint as Auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
718,330,619 |
98.11 |
29,865 |
13,843,895 |
1.89 |
732,174,514 |
6,358,614 |
|
9. |
To give authority to fix the Auditors'Β remuneration |
723,649,898 |
98.81 |
30,665 |
8,699,881 |
1.19 |
732,349,779 |
6,183,350 |
|
10.Β |
To give authority to make political donations |
731,055,616 |
99.82 |
29,726 |
1,285,607 |
0.18 |
732,341,223 |
6,191,906 |
|
11. |
To give authority to allot shares |
731,011,770 |
99.82 |
29,523 |
1,328,883 |
0.18 |
732,340,653 |
6,192,476 |
|
12. |
To give authority to disapply pre-emption rights |
731,997,762 |
99.95 |
203,954 |
346,059 |
0.05 |
732,343,821 |
6,189,308 |
|
13. |
To amend the period of notice for general meetings |
729,402,988 |
99.60 |
32,251 |
2,945,098 |
0.40 |
732,348,086 |
6,185,043 |
*Β Pursuant to theΒ provisions of theΒ Relationship Agreement between the Company and its major shareholder Arcandor AG,Β Arcandor's voting rights in respect of the election or re-election of any Director (except for Arcandor appointed Non-Executive Directors), at General Meetings,Β areΒ restricted to twoίthirds of the voting shares in issue not held or controlled by Arcandor AG.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2R of the Listing Rules, two copies of all resolutions passed by shareholders, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority ('UKLA') shortly and will be available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:
|
Financial Services Authority 25 The NorthΒ Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 5HS Tel: 020 7066 1000 |
For further information please contact:
|
Thomas Cook Group plc Derek Woodward, Group Company Secretary John Woodman, Investor RelationsΒ |
+44 (0) 20 7557 6400 +44 (0) 20 7557 6413 |
|
Brunswick Group LLP Nina Coad |
+ 44 (0) 20 7404 5959 |
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