21st Jun 2013 15:00
RNS Notification required by DTR 3.1.4R
21 June 2013
Thomas Cook Group plc
Thomas Cook Group plc (the "Company") announces the following transactions in respect of its ordinary share capital of €0.01 each by Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") of the Company having taken up, in full, their entitlement to acquire such shares under the Rights Issue.
Under the Rights Issue, qualifying shareholders had the right to buy 2 new ordinary shares of €0.01 each in the Company for every 5 existing ordinary shares of €0.01 each in the Company held on the record date of 3 June 2013 at a price of 76 pence per new ordinary share.
The table below shows the number of shares acquired by the Directors and other PDMRs of the Company under the Rights Issue and the total number of shares held by the Directors and other PDMRs in the Company following the rights issue.
In addition to the above, Michael Healy and Peter Fankhauser yesterday acquired the number of shares shown below in respect of the Company's Deferred Bonus arrangements through Computershare Trustees (Jersey) Limited. Under these arrangements, 25% of the bonus for certain senior executives is deferred into shares held for one year, as described more fully in the Remuneration Report in the 2012 Annual Report and Accounts. The purchase of these shares was delayed pending finalisation of the Rights Issue.
Directors:
Rights Issue
Director | Date of Purchase and Notification | Number of Shares acquired | Price per Share | Percentage of issued share class acquired | Total holding of Shares following this acquisition | Total percentage of Shares held following acquisition |
Harriet Green
| 20 June 2013 | 200,000 | £0.76 | 0.014% | 700,000 | 0.049% |
Frank Meysman
| 20 June 2013 | 120,000 | £0.76 | 0.008% | 420,000 | 0.029% |
Roger Burnell
| 20 June 2013 | 77,477 | £0.76 | 0.005% | 271,169 | 0.019% |
Martine Verluyten
| 20 June 2013 | 40,000 | £0.76 | 0.003% | 140,000 | 0.010% |
Peter Marks
| 20 June 2013 | 37,588 | £0.76 | 0.003% | 131,559 | 0.009% |
Dawn Airey
| 20 June 2013 | 12,000 | £0.76 | 0.001% | 42,000 | 0.003% |
Deferred Bonus
Michael Healy
| 20 June 2013 | 5,753 | £1.251 | 0.000% | 5,753 | 0.000% |
Other PDMRs:
PDMR | Date of Purchase and Notification | Number of Shares acquired | Price per Share | Percentage of issued share class acquired | Total holding of Shares following this acquisition | Total percentage of Shares held following acquisition | |
Peter Fankhau-ser | Rights Issue | 20 June 2013 | 237,200 | £0.76 | 0.017% | 830,199 | 0.058% |
Deferred Bonus | 20 June 2013 | 35,683 | £1.251 | 0.003% | 865,882 | 0.061% | |
Christoph Debus | 20 June 2013 | 40,000 | £0.76 | 0.003% | 140,000 | 0.010% | |
Enquiries:
Thomas Cook Group plcGeoffrey Pelham-Lane, Group Head of Investor RelationsJenny Peters, Group Head of Communications Derek Woodward, Group Company Secretary
| +44 20 7557 6414+44 7568 105 144 +44 20 7557 6415 |
FTI ConsultingAndrew Lorenz | +44 7775 641 807 |
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