24 August 2010
Notification of Major Interest in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instrument:
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including:
FIL Investment Services Limited (FISL)
FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK)
FIL Pension Management (FPM)
Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):
20 August 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:
23 August 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
| Class/type of shares if possible use the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| ORDINARY SHARES | Number of shares | Number of voting Rights |
| GB00B1WQCS47 | 14,553,874 | 14,553,874 |
| Class/type of shares if possible use the ISIN CODE | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of shares | Number of voting Rights | % of voting rights | ||||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
| GB00B1WQCS47 | 0 | 13,850,157 | 0 | 13,850,157 | 0% | 4.79% |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration Date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | % of voting rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | |||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Exercise date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal | Delta | |||||
| N/A | ||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |
| 13,850,157 | 4.79% | |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including:
FIL Investment Services Limited (FISL)
FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK)
FIL Pension Management (FPM)
Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
703,717
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
20 August 2010
13. Additional information:
None
14. Contact name:
GROUP COMPANY SECRETARIAT
15. Contact telephone number:
01895 512000