Investors
We promote open communication with our shareholders, which is formalised within an investor relations framework and includes formal presentations of full year and interim results, trading statements and regular meetings between executive management and institutional investors.
In addition, the Board responds to ad hoc requests for information and all shareholders have an opportunity to question the Board at the AGM.
Electronic communications
At our Annual General Meeting in April 2008, shareholders agreed to take advantage of recent changes in legislation to allow the Thomas Cook Group website to be used as the primary means of communication with our shareholders. At the same time, a consultation took place providing shareholders with the choice of receiving shareholder documentation online by providing an email address, or to continue to receive shareholder documentation in hard copy.
Shareholders who did not respond to the consultation are deemed, in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, to have agreed to receive shareholder documents via the Thomas Cook Group website.
The Thomas Cook Group plc Annual Report & Accounts 2008 is available to view at: www.thomascookgroup.com/ara2008
Shareholders wishing to register their email address for electronic communication should log on to: www.shareview.co.uk
Shareholder enquiries
Our share register is maintained by Equiniti. If you have a query about the administration of shareholdings such as change of address, change of ownership, or dividend payments, please contact:
Low cost share dealing
Equiniti offers UK based shareholders a telephone and internet dealing service to provide a simple way of buying and selling Thomas Cook Group plc shares. This is available by phone (weekdays 08.00-16.30) on 08456 037 037 or via the internet at www.shareview.co.uk/dealing.
ShareGift
If you hold only a few shares and feel that it would be uneconomical or just not worthwhile to sell them, you could consider donating your shares to charity.
Who are our shareholders?
At 30 September 2008 we had 16,772 registered shareholders.
Major shareholdings
As at 18 December 2008, the Company had been notified of the following major shareholdings in the ordinary share capital of the Company: