01 May 2013
Completion on Sale of Intercontinental London Park Lane
1 May 2013 - InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] announces the completion on sale of its leasehold interest in InterContinental London Park Lane to Constellation Hotel (Opco) UK S.A., the terms of which were announced on 28 March 2013.
£301.5m ($469m¹) gross disposal proceeds have been received in cash, £61m ($95m¹) of which has been used to provide security over UK pension liabilities which were previously secured against the hotel.
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Notes to Editors:
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¹ reflects GBP:USD exchange rate of 0.642364 on 1 May 2013
² as at 31 December 2012