EGM Statement

12 Mar 2008 12:59

Thomas Cook Group PLC12 March 2008 THOMAS COOK GROUP PLC 12 March 2008 Extraordinary General Meeting An extraordinary general meeting of Thomas Cook Group plc was held at TheInstitution of Engineering and Technology, 2 Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL onWednesday 12 March 2008. The two resolutions proposed were decided on a show of hands and were passed. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put to the meetingand the number of votes withheld were as follows : Resolution For Percentage Against Percentage Total Votes Votes Withheld For against A: Approve 283,397,369 100.00 174 0.00 283,397,543 440,825agreement withArcandor AG /KarstadtquelleFreizeit GmbH B: Approval of 283,397,260 100.00 283 0.00 283,397,543 440,825market purchases Votes "For" include votes at the discretion of the Chairman. Votes withheld are not counted in the count of the total votes or thecalculation of the percentage For or Against each resolution. Percentages are rounded to two decimal places Total shares in issue at the date of the meeting were 978,095,276. Arcandor AG and Karstadt Quelle Freizeit GmbH (together "Arcandor") haveindicated to the Company that as certain formal procedures have not yet beencompleted they will not be in a position until later this month to enter intothe off-market share repurchase agreement under which the Company would makematching off-market purchases of shares from Arcandor. Accordingly, the Companymay begin on-market repurchases from opening of business tomorrow (13 March2008) but will not make matching off-market repurchases from Arcandor until theoff-market repurchase agreement is signed. As a result, any on-market purchasesduring this period will increase Arcandor's percentage ownership in the Company.The Company will limit the number of shares purchased on-market during thisperiod in order to ensure that those purchases do not result in a materialincrease in Arcandor's percentage ownership. Mike VauxActing Company Secretary01706 742 000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange