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Result of AGM

26 Mar 2010 11:49

RNS Number : 2584J
Thomas Cook Group PLC
26 March 2010
 



Thomas Cook Group plc

(the "Company")

 

Annual General Meeting

 

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 1.30 pm on Thursday 25 March 2010, 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.

 

 

Resolution

Votes For

(incl. Chairman's

Discretion)

%

Votes Against

%

Total Votes

Cast (Excl. withheld votes)

Votes

Withheld*

1.

To receive Accounts and the Reports

594,528,697

99.87

770,147

0.13

595,298,844

633,409

2.

To approve the Remuneration Report

567,027,252

95.47

26,910,303

4.53

593,937,555

1,994,697

3.

To approve long-term incentive performance conditions

592,742,650

99.77

1,374,492

0.23

594,117,142

1,815,111

4.

To approve the final dividend

594,391,811

99.97

175,527

0.03

594,567,338

1,364,915

5.

To re-elect Roger Burnell

582,831,349

97.89

12,589,695

2.11

595,421,044

511,209

6.

To re-elect Manny Fontenla-Novoa

591,493,674

99.46

3,187,616

0.54

594,681,290

1,250,963

7.

To elect Sam Weihagen

592,246,668

99.47

3,180,101

0.53

595,426,769

505,484

8.

To elect Peter Middleton

593,421,933

99.66

2,005,763

0.34

595,427,696

504,557

9.

To elect Paul Hollingworth

592,244,216

99.47

3,180,541

0.53

595,424,757

507,496

10.

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

as Auditors of the Company

576,689,422

97.73

13,419,880

2.27

590,109,302

5,822,950

11.

To give authority to the Directors to fix the Auditors' remuneration

592,366,112

99.49

3,053,492

0.51

595,419,604

512,649

12.

To give authority to make political donations

592,764,200

99.74

1,534,837

0.26

594,299,037

1,633,216

13.

To give authority to the Directors allot shares

534,115,240

92.94

40,563,313

7.06

574,678,553

21,253,699

14.

To give authority to the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights

592,359,789

99.49

3,063,529

0.51

595,423,318

508,935

15.

To amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association

587,709,182

99.84

968,321

0.16

588,677,503

7,254,749

16.

To amend the period of notice for general meetings

560,396,299

94.26

34,148,607

5.74

594,544,906

1,387,347

* 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.

 

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 North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS

 

Tel: 020 7066 1000

 

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

Thomas Cook Group plc

Derek Woodward, Group Company Secretary

 

 

+44 (0) 20 7557 6400

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
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