16th Jan 2008 11:00
Thomas Cook Group PLC16 January 2008 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached: Thomas Cook Group plc 2. Reason for the notification (place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( x ) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( ) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( ) Other (please specify) : ( ) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Pardus Capital Management LLCMr Karim Samii 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) : Shares are held as follows :(1)Goldman Sachs International, as custodian in the name and for the benefit ofPardus Special Opportunities Master Fund L.P. (f/k/a Pardus European SpecialOpportunities Master Fund L.P.) (the "Fund"), holds 45,513,759 shares of ThomasCook Group plc (the "Company"). (2)Morgan Stanley & Co., as custodian in the name and for the benefit of theFund, holds 11,825,000 shares of the Company 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached if different): On 11 January 2008, the 6% threshold was crossed when the Fund sold 342,755shares of the Company. On 14 January 2008, the Fund sold an additional 1,000,000 shares of the Company. 6. Date on which issuer notified: 15 January 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 6% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if possible Situation previous to the Triggering transactionusing the ISIN CODE Number of shares Number of voting Rights Ordinary shares of .10EUR each 0 Please see Section 9 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Class/type of shares if Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rightspossible using the ISIN CODE Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 57,338,759 5.869% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting rightsfinancial Period/ Date that may be acquired if theinstrument instrument is exercised/ converted. Not applicable Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights 57,338,759 5.869% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Prior to 11 January 2008, the Fund was the beneficial owner of 58,681,514Ordinary Shares of €0.10 each ("Company Shares") of the Company. As a result ofthe dispositions referred to above, the Fund is at the date of this notice thebeneficial owner of 57,338,759 Company Shares in aggregate. 45,513,759 CompanyShares are held by Goldman Sachs International as custodian for the Fund and11,825,000 Company Shares are held by Morgan Stanley & Co. as custodian for theFund. Pardus Capital Management L.P. ("The Manager") serves as the investment managerof the Fund and possesses sole power at its discretion to vote and direct thedisposition of all Company Shares held by the Fund. The Manager is a controlled undertaking of Pardus Capital Management LLC, itsgeneral partner ("PCM LLC"). PCM LLC is controlled within the meaning of DTR5.2.1 by Mr Karim Samii, its sole member. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: Not applicable 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: ................. 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: ................. 13. Additional information: 14. Contact name: Hamid Zanganeh 15. Contact telephone number: +1 212 381 7347 Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making thisnotification: Mike Vaux, Acting Company Secretary Date of notification - 16 January 2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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