16th Jul 2007 16:26
Thomas Cook Group PLC16 July 2007 16 July 2007 Thomas Cook Group plc Director shareholdings Thomas Cook Group plc announces that each of the following executive directors: Manny Fontenla-NovoaJohn BloodworthLudger Heuberg has received awards under the Thomas Cook Group plc 2007 Performance Share Plan(the "Plan"). The awards were made by the trustee of the Thomas Cook Group plc2007 Employee Benefit Trust ("Thomas Cook EBT"). The awards were granted as nil cost options for Mr Fontenla-Novoa and Mr Heubergand as a contingent share award for Mr Bloodworth. Further details of the awardsare set out below: Date awards granted: 12 July 2007 The awards were made at no cost to the director The awards were made over the following numbers of ordinary shares of €0.10 eachin the capital of Thomas Cook Group plc: Manny Fontenla-Novoa 283,784 John Bloodworth 168,919 Ludger Heuberg 127,628 The awards may be exercised at no cost to the director. Following the above awards, these directors have the total holdings of sharesand awards set out below Director Total holding Percentage of Number of Percentage of of €0.10 issued capital awards under issued capital ordinary shares the Plan M Fontenla-Novoa 0 0 283,784 0.0291 J Bloodworth 100,658 0.0103 168,919 0.0173 L Heuberg 0 0 127,628 0.0130 This notification is of a transaction notified in accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1)(a). Date of notification 16 July 2007 The Trustee of the Thomas Cook EBT has notified the company that it haspurchased in the market a total of 1,670,103 ordinary shares of €0.10 each inthe capital of Thomas Cook Group plc. Of these shares, 702,665 were purchased on13 July 2007 for 294.3895p per share and the remaining 967,438 were purchased on16 July 2007 for 294.3026p per share. These will be held by the trustee pendingthe satisfaction of vesting criteria in respect of awards made under the Plan tosenior managers of the Thomas Cook Group of companies, including the directorsnamed above. Each of the executive directors of the company is a beneficiary ofthe Thomas Cook EBT and has an interest in the shares held by it. For thepurposes of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, Thomas Cook Group plcgives notice that each of the above directors and Peter McHugh has an interestin the 1,670,103 ordinary shares of €0.10 each held by the trustees of theThomas Cook EBT. Enquiries: Investors/analysts: Steven Olivant 01706 746300Group Communications Director Media: Brunswick Group LLP 020 7404 5959 Fiona Antcliffe Conor McClafferty This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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