24 May 2013

Results of 2013 Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was held on Friday 24 May 2013.

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 2012 188,680,614 99.99 13,352 0.01 188,693,966 90,722
2. Approval of Directors’ Remuneration Report 160,795,577 85.73 26,762,492 14.27 187,558,069 1,226,617
3. Declaration of final dividend 188,694,787 100.00 9,244 0.00 188,704,031 80,657
4a. Election of Patrick Cescau as a Director 187,844,737 99.57 804,657 0.43 188,649,391 135,297
4b. Re-election of David Kappler as a Director 188,071,488 99.69 586,564 0.31 188,658,052 126,636
4c. Re-election of Kirk  Kinsell as a Director 186,414,466 98.81 2,240,642 1.19 188,655,108 129,580
4d. Re-election of Jennifer Laing as a Director 188,080,635 99.69 577,823 0.31 188,658,458 126,230
4e. Re-election of Jonathan Linen as a Director 186,566,530 99.67 616,377 0.33 187,182,907 1,601,780
4f. Re-election of Luke Mayhew as a Director 188,164,650 99.74 493,678 0.26 188,658,328 126,360
4g. Re-election of Dale Morrison as a Director 188,079,398 99.69 578,177 0.31 188,657,575 127,020
4h. Re-election of Tracy Robbins as a Director 186,420,827 98.81 2,244,142 1.19 188,664,969 119,719
4i. Re-election of Tom Singer as a Director 186,419,135 98.81 2,239,904 1.19 188,659,039 125,649
4j. Re-election of Richard Solomons as a Director 188,192,671 99.75 467,793 0.25 188,660,464 124,224
4k. Re-election of Ying Yeh as a Director 188,035,639 99.67 618,516 0.33 188,654,155 130,533
5. Reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors 183,158,165 97.96 3,811,060 2.04 186,969,225 1,815,462
6. Authority to set Auditors’ remuneration 183,627,680 97.56 4,584,452 2.44 188,212,132 572,554
7. Political donations 185,505,012 98.38 3,050,182 1.62 188,555,194 229,494
8. Authority to allot shares 166,055,576 88.30 22,074,486 11.70 188,625,062 159,626
9. Disapplication of pre-emption rights 188,047,373 99.71 550,986 0.29 188,598,359 186,329
10. Authority to purchase own shares 186,496,148 99.72 519,482 0.28 187,015,630 1,769,057
11. Notice of General Meetings 171,923,743 91.11 16,765,259 8.89 188,689,002 95,686

NOTES:

  1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
  2. Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
  3. The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, on Wednesday 22 May 2013 was 267,071,808.
  4. Copies of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations (Catherine Dolton, Isabel Green): +44 (0) 1895 512 176
Media Affairs (Yasmin Diamond, Zoë Bird): +44 (0) 1895 512 008
+44 (0) 7736 746 167

 

Notes to Editors:

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation with nine hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites®, EVEN™ Hotels and HUALUXE™ Hotels & Resorts. IHG also manages Priority Club® Rewards, the world’s first and largest hotel loyalty programme with over 73 million members worldwide. The programme will be renamed and relaunched as IHG® Rewards Club in July 2013, offering enhanced benefits for members.

IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns over 4,600 hotels and more than 674,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories. With more than 1,000 hotels in its development pipeline, IHG expects to recruit around 90,000 people into additional roles across its estate 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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