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28 Mar 2008 16:53

Thomas Cook Group PLC28 March 2008 TR-1: notification of major interests in shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing Thomas Cook Group plcshares to which voting rights are attached: 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition ofshares 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 Pardus Capital Management LLCobligation: Mr Karim Samii4. 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 of Pardus Special Opportunities Master Fund L.P. (f/k/a Pardus European Special Opportunities Master Fund L.P.) (the "Fund"), holds 28,628,759 shares of Thomas Cook Group plc (the "Company"). (2) Morgan Stanley & Co., as custodian in the name and for the benefit of the Fund, holds 6,236,241 shares of the Company. 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is On 26 March 2008, the 4% threshold wascrossed or reached if different): crossed when the Fund sold 10,185,000 shares of the Company. 6. Date on which issuer notified: 28 March 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 4% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transactionshares the Triggering transaction if possible Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rightsusing the ISIN Shares Voting sharesCODE Rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct IndirectOrdinary sharesof .10 EUR each 0 34,865,000 3.565% Please see Section 9 B: Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of financial Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting rights % of votinginstrument Period/ Date that may be acquired if rights the instrument is exercised/ converted. Not applicable Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights 34,865,000 3.565% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectivelyheld, if applicable : Prior to 26 March 2008, the Fund was the beneficial owner of 45,050,000 ordinary shares of .10 EUR each ("CompanyShares") of the Company. As a result of the dispositions referred to above, the Fund is at the date of this notice thebeneficial owner of 34,865,000 Company Shares in aggregate. 28,628,759 Company Shares are held by Goldman SachsInternational as custodian for the Fund and 6,236,241 Company Shares are held by Morgan Stanley & Co. as custodian forthe Fund. Pardus Capital Management L.P. ("the Manager") serves as the investment manager of the Fund and possesses sole power atits discretion to vote and direct the disposition of all Company Shares held by the Fund. The Manager is a controlled undertaking of Pardus Capital Management LLC, its general partner ("PCM LLC"). PCM LLC iscontrolled within the meaning of DTR 5.2.1 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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange