Notification of Guarantor Release

2nd May 2013

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION

Thomas Cook Group plc

(the "Company")

£300,000,000 7.75 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2017

(ISIN: XS0504306001) (the "Sterling Notes")

And

€400,000,000 6.75 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2015

(ISIN: XS0504303164) (the "Euro Notes")

The Company announces that it has given notices to the Trustee releasing Thomas Cook Canada Inc. as a Guarantor in respect of the Sterling Notes and the Euro Notes on 1 May 2013. Notice will be given to Noteholders in accordance with the Conditions. Capitalised terms used but not defined in this announcement shall have the meanings given in the respective Conditions of each of the Sterling Notes and the Euro Notes.

Enquiries

Analysts & Investors

Geoffrey Pelham-Lane (Group Head of Investor Relations) +44 20 7557 6414

Media

Jenny Peters (Group Head of Communications) +44 7568 105144

Richard Mountain (FTI Consulting) +44 7909 684466

Disclaimer

The Sterling Notes, Euro Notes and the respective Notes Guarantee of each of the Sterling Notes and the Euro Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act"), or any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States and are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, the Sterling Notes and the Euro Notes may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to U.S. persons (as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) or offered, sold or delivered to or for the benefit of any resident of Canada.

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Sterling Notes or the Euro Notes.

The distribution of this document may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Accordingly, persons into whose possession this document may come must inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions on the distribution of this document.