InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Result of AGM (2092N)

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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

04 May 2018

INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC

Results of 2018 Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was held on Friday 4 May 2018.

All resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed by way of a poll. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Annual General Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

 
                 RESOLUTION           VOTES        %       VOTES        %        TOTAL      % of      VOTES 
                                       FOR                 AGAINST               VOTES       ISC     WITHHELD 
                                                                                            VOTED 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Report 
              and Accounts 
      1       2017                 146,694,384   99.91      137,071    0.09   146,831,455  77.01       90,421 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Directors' 
              Remuneration 
              Report 
      2       2017                 118,770,985   82.33   25,486,193   17.67   144,257,178  75.66    2,664,237 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Declaration 
              of final 
      3       dividend             146,811,628   99.95       74,311    0.05   146,885,939  77.04       35,937 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Election 
              of Keith 
              Barr as 
      4(a)    a Director           146,519,288   99.76      346,857    0.24   146,866,145  77.03       55,731 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Election 
              of Elie 
              Maalouf 
      4(b)    as a Director        146,414,361   99.69      451,496    0.31   146,865,857  77.03       56,019 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Re-election 
              of Anne 
              Busquet 
      4(c)    as a Director        146,316,561   99.62      553,828    0.38   146,870,389  77.03       51,487 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Re-election 
              of Patrick 
              Cescau 
      4(d)    as a Director        146,181,740   99.53      687,997    0.47   146,869,737  77.03       52,139 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Re-election 
              of Ian 
              Dyson 
      4(e)    as a Director        133,614,636   90.98   13,252,913    9.02   146,867,549  77.03       54,362 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Re-election 
              of Paul 
              Edgecliffe-Johnson 
      4(f)    as a Director        146,248,174   99.58      620,179    0.42   146,868,353  77.03       53,523 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Re-election 
              of Jo 
              Harlow 
      4(g)    as a Director        136,422,909   92.89   10,447,243    7.11   146,870,152  77.03       51,723 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Re-election 
              of Luke 
              Mayhew 
      4(h)    as a Director        146,556,079   99.79      312,602    0.21   146,868,681  77.03       53,195 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Re-election 
              of Jill 
              McDonald 
      4(i)    as a Director        146,500,740   99.75      370,678    0.25   146,871,418  77.03       50,458 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Re-election 
              of Dale 
              Morrison 
      4(j)    as a Director        136,553,455   92.98   10,313,888    7.02   146,867,343  77.03       54,532 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Re-election 
              of Malina 
              Ngai as 
      4(k)    a Director           136,580,982   93.00   10,285,773    7.00   146,866,755  77.03       55,119 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Re-appointment 
      5       of Auditor           144,962,118   98.70    1,916,086    1.30   146,878,204  77.03       43,672 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Remuneration 
      6       of Auditor           146,641,519   99.85      227,028    0.15   146,868,547  77.03       53,329 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Political 
      7       donations            144,257,940   98.27    2,545,084    1.73   146,803,024  76.99      118,852 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Allotment 
      8       of shares            129,031,255   87.87   17,815,029   12.13   146,846,284  77.02       75,592 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Disapplication 
              of pre-emption 
      9       rights               146,758,113   99.95       73,989    0.05   146,832,102  77.01       89,376 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Further 
              disapplication 
              of pre-emption 
      10      rights               144,403,244   98.34    2,433,219    1.66   146,836,463  77.01       85,303 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Authority 
              to purchase 
      11      own shares           145,370,818   98.99    1,490,355    1.01   146,861,173  77.02       60,551 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             Notice 
              of General 
      12      Meetings             137,489,145   93.61    9,392,457    6.39   146,881,602  77.03       40,274 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
             New Articles 
      13      of Association       145,340,899   98.97    1,517,986    1.03   146,858,885  77.02       62,991 
----------  --------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
 

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.   Resolutions 9 to 13 are special resolutions. 

4. The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, on 3 May 2018 was 190,669,939. The Company holds 6,927,671 treasury shares.

5. 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

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Notice of Meeting.

Enquiries:

Investor Relations

   Investor Relations (Catherine Dolton; Tom Yates): [phone]      [phone] 

Media Relations

   Media Relations (Yasmin Diamond; Zoe Bird):         [phone]   [phone] 

Notes to Editors:

IHG(R) (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation with a broad portfolio of hotel brands, including InterContinental(R) Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton(R) Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo(R) , EVEN(R) Hotels, HUALUXE(R) Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn(R) , Holiday Inn Express(R) , Holiday Inn Club Vacations(R) , Holiday Inn Resort(R) , avid(TM) hotels, Staybridge Suites(R) and Candlewood Suites(R) .

IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns nearly 5,400 hotels and 800,000 guest rooms in almost 100 countries, with more than 1,700 hotels in its development pipeline. IHG also manages IHG(R) Rewards Club, our global loyalty programme, which has more than 100 million enrolled members.

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. More than 375,000 people work across IHG's hotels and corporate offices globally.

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