26th Mar 2010 11:49
Thomas Cook Group plc
(the "Company")
Annual General Meeting
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 1.30 pm on Thursday 25 March 2010, the following resolutions set out in the notice of meeting were duly passed by the requisite number of shareholders on a poll. The poll results of each resolution are set out below.
|
Resolution |
Votes For (incl. Chairman's Discretion) |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Total Votes Cast (Excl. withheld votes) |
Votes Withheld* |
|
|
1. |
To receive Accounts and the Reports |
594,528,697 |
99.87 |
770,147 |
0.13 |
595,298,844 |
633,409 |
|
2. |
To approve the Remuneration Report |
567,027,252 |
95.47 |
26,910,303 |
4.53 |
593,937,555 |
1,994,697 |
|
3. |
To approve long-term incentive performance conditions |
592,742,650 |
99.77 |
1,374,492 |
0.23 |
594,117,142 |
1,815,111 |
|
4. |
To approve the final dividend |
594,391,811 |
99.97 |
175,527 |
0.03 |
594,567,338 |
1,364,915 |
|
5. |
To re-elect Roger Burnell |
582,831,349 |
97.89 |
12,589,695 |
2.11 |
595,421,044 |
511,209 |
|
6. |
To re-elect Manny Fontenla-Novoa |
591,493,674 |
99.46 |
3,187,616 |
0.54 |
594,681,290 |
1,250,963 |
|
7. |
To elect Sam Weihagen |
592,246,668 |
99.47 |
3,180,101 |
0.53 |
595,426,769 |
505,484 |
|
8. |
To elect Peter Middleton |
593,421,933 |
99.66 |
2,005,763 |
0.34 |
595,427,696 |
504,557 |
|
9. |
To elect Paul Hollingworth |
592,244,216 |
99.47 |
3,180,541 |
0.53 |
595,424,757 |
507,496 |
|
10. |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company |
576,689,422 |
97.73 |
13,419,880 |
2.27 |
590,109,302 |
5,822,950 |
|
11. |
To give authority to the Directors to fix the Auditors' remuneration |
592,366,112 |
99.49 |
3,053,492 |
0.51 |
595,419,604 |
512,649 |
|
12. |
To give authority to make political donations |
592,764,200 |
99.74 |
1,534,837 |
0.26 |
594,299,037 |
1,633,216 |
|
13. |
To give authority to the Directors allot shares |
534,115,240 |
92.94 |
40,563,313 |
7.06 |
574,678,553 |
21,253,699 |
|
14. |
To give authority to the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights |
592,359,789 |
99.49 |
3,063,529 |
0.51 |
595,423,318 |
508,935 |
|
15. |
To amend the Memorandum and Articles of Association |
587,709,182 |
99.84 |
968,321 |
0.16 |
588,677,503 |
7,254,749 |
|
16. |
To amend the period of notice for general meetings |
560,396,299 |
94.26 |
34,148,607 |
5.74 |
594,544,906 |
1,387,347 |
* a 'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.
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
|
+44 (0) 20 7557 6400
|
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