19th Mar 2009 15:51
Thomas Cook Group plc
(the "Company")
Annual General Meeting
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 1.30 pm today, Thursday 19 March 2009, the following resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of shareholders on a show of hands. The proxy votes submitted in advance of the meeting are set out below.
| Issued share capital at meeting date: |
858,292,947 |
| Number of votes per share: |
1 |
|
Resolution |
Votes For (incl. Chairman's Discretion) |
% |
Chairman's Discretion |
Votes Against |
% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. abstentions or withheld votes) |
Votes Withheld |
|
|
1. |
To receive the Annual Report & Accounts |
732,082,880 |
100.00 |
29,018 |
7,514 |
0.00 |
732,090,394 |
6,444,535 |
|
2. |
To approve the Remuneration Report |
481,902,992 |
65.83 |
30,102 |
250,146,499 |
34.17 |
732,049,421 |
6,485,507 |
|
3. |
To agree the final dividend |
732,353,850 |
100.00 |
28,707 |
200 |
0.00 |
732,354,050 |
6,180,879 |
|
4. |
To re-elect David Allvey * |
597,847,543 |
99.31 |
30,041 |
4,124,287 |
0.69 |
601,971,830 |
6,186,146 |
|
5. |
To elect Jürgen Büser * |
598,883,371 |
99.49 |
31,171 |
3,088,237 |
0.51 |
601,971,608 |
6,186,368 |
|
6. |
To elect Nigel Northridge * |
594,831,693 |
99.61 |
30,944 |
2,330,504 |
0.39 |
597,162,197 |
10,993,979 |
|
7. |
To elect Karl-Gerhard Eick |
718,413,250 |
98.19 |
32,796 |
13,276,977 |
1.81 |
731,690,227 |
6,842,902 |
|
8. |
To re-appoint as Auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
718,330,619 |
98.11 |
29,865 |
13,843,895 |
1.89 |
732,174,514 |
6,358,614 |
|
9. |
To give authority to fix the Auditors' remuneration |
723,649,898 |
98.81 |
30,665 |
8,699,881 |
1.19 |
732,349,779 |
6,183,350 |
|
10. |
To give authority to make political donations |
731,055,616 |
99.82 |
29,726 |
1,285,607 |
0.18 |
732,341,223 |
6,191,906 |
|
11. |
To give authority to allot shares |
731,011,770 |
99.82 |
29,523 |
1,328,883 |
0.18 |
732,340,653 |
6,192,476 |
|
12. |
To give authority to disapply pre-emption rights |
731,997,762 |
99.95 |
203,954 |
346,059 |
0.05 |
732,343,821 |
6,189,308 |
|
13. |
To amend the period of notice for general meetings |
729,402,988 |
99.60 |
32,251 |
2,945,098 |
0.40 |
732,348,086 |
6,185,043 |
* Pursuant to the provisions of the Relationship Agreement between the Company and its major shareholder Arcandor AG, Arcandor's voting rights in respect of the election or re-election of any Director (except for Arcandor appointed Non-Executive Directors), at General Meetings, are restricted to twoߛthirds of the voting shares in issue not held or controlled by Arcandor AG.
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 John Woodman, Investor Relations |
+44 (0) 20 7557 6400 +44 (0) 20 7557 6413 |
|
Brunswick Group LLP Nina Coad |
+ 44 (0) 20 7404 5959 |
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