Transaction in Own Shares

10 Apr 2008 07:01

Thomas Cook Group PLC10 April 2008 Off-market Share Repurchase Agreement The Company announces that as part of the current share repurchase programme, asdescribed in a circular to shareholders dated 18 February 2008, and approved byspecial resolution of the Company at an extraordinary general meeting held on 12March 2008, it has entered into the off-market share repurchase agreement (the "Agreement") with Arcandor AG and KarstadtQuelle Freizeit GmbH (together "Arcandor") under which the Company will match any on-market share purchases madeduring the term of the Agreement with off-market purchases of shares fromArcandor. As a result of on-market purchases made between 13 March andyesterday (when the agreement was signed) the shares held by Arcandor nowrepresent 52.74 % of the fully diluted share capital of the Company. Enquiries Mike VauxActing Group Company Secretary01706 742 000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange