28 May 2010
Results of 2010 Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was held on Friday 28 May 2010.
All resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed on a poll. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
| Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | Total votes | Votes withheld | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Receipt of Financial Statements 2009 | 179,022,129 | 99.93 | 118,124 | 0.07 | 179,140,253 | 819,381 | ||||
| 2 | Approval of Directors’ Remuneration Report | 176,309,241 | 99.80 | 345,271 | 0.20 | 176,654,512 | 3,303,770 | ||||
| 3 | Declaration of final dividend | 179,423,950 | 100.00 | 7,616 | 0.00 | 179,431,566 | 527,392 | ||||
| 4a. | Elect Graham Allan as a director | 179,355,070 | 99.96 | 70,809 | 0.04 | 179,425,879 | 533,079 | ||||
| 4b. | Re-elect Ralph Kugler as a director | 179,132,646 | 99.84 | 287,817 | 0.16 | 179,420,463 | 538,495 | ||||
| 4c. | Re-elect David Webster as a director | 175,551,387 | 97.84 | 3,872,984 | 2.16 | 179,424,371 | 534,587 | ||||
| 5 | Re-appointment of Auditors | 177,126,609 | 99.47 | 949,099 | 0.53 | 178,075,708 | 1,883,250 | ||||
| 6 | Authority to set Auditors’ remuneration | 176,815,453 | 98.56 | 2,579,225 | 1.44 | 179,394,678 | 564,280 | ||||
| 7 | Political donations | 178,065,145 | 99.37 | 1,123,360 | 0.63 | 179,188,505 | 770,453 | ||||
| 8 | Allotment of shares | 155,867,150 | 89.72 | 17,858,226 | 10.28 | 173,725,376 | 6,233,582 | ||||
| 9 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 179,147,752 | 99.89 | 193,209 | 0.11 | 179,340,961 | 617,997 | ||||
| 10 | Authority to purchase own shares | 179,280,468 | 99.93 | 134,420 | 0.07 | 179,414,888 | 544,070 | ||||
| 11 | Adoption of new Articles of Association | 179,124,575 | 99.89 | 199,664 | 0.11 | 179,324,239 | 634,719 | ||||
| 12 | Notice of General Meetings | 169,379,182 | 94.44 | 9,977,862 | 5.56 | 179,357,044 | 601,914 |
NOTES:
- The ‘For’ vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
- Votes ‘Withheld’ are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a resolution.
- The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, on Wednesday 26 May 2010 was 288,438,552.
- Copies of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will be available for inspection at their Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at The Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
For further information, please contact:
| Investor Relations (Heather Wood; Catherine Dolton): | +44 (0) 1895 512 176 |
| Media Affairs (Leslie McGibbon; Emma Corcoran): | +44 (0) 1895 512 425 +44 (0) 7808 094 471 |
Notes to Editors:
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms. IHG owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 4,400 hotels and more than 650,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®, and also manages the world’s largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards with 48 million members worldwide.
IHG has over 1,300 hotels in its development pipeline, which will create 160,000 jobs worldwide over the next few years.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group’s holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.
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