EGM Results

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC 01 June 2007 1 June 2007 INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ("IHG" or the "Company") announces that at the EGM held today, Shareholders approved the Resolutions connected with IHG's proposed Share Consolidation and the renewal of the authority to enable the Company to continue to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares following the Share Consolidation. The Share Consolidation was proposed in the context of a special interim dividend of 200 pence per share, payable on the Company's Existing Ordinary Shares immediately prior to the Share Consolidation. IHG has elected to pay the Special Dividend to all ADR holders in US Dollars. The rate to be paid by the Company will be US$4.00 per existing ADS. The expected timetable remains as previously announced. The Special Dividend is expected to be paid on 15 June 2007 to Shareholders on the Register on 1 June 2007. Application has been made for 299,132,440 IHG Ordinary Shares of 1329/47 pence to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange. Application has also been made for a further 3,334,286 IHG Ordinary Shares of 1329/47 pence to be block listed. The block listings consist of 2,034,634 shares under the IHG Executive Share Option Plan and 1,299,652 shares under the IHG Sharesave Plan. It is expected that dealings in the new shares will commence on 4 June 2007. Voting was conducted by way of a poll on both the Resolutions proposed at the EGM. Details of the votes cast are set out below: Ordinary Resolution to approve the Share Consolidation For 168,083,468 Against 352,223 Special Resolution to grant a new authority to make market purchases of New Ordinary Shares For 168,061,397 Against 245,426 All definitions used in the Circular to Shareholders dated 4 May 2007 have the same meaning when used in this announcement. InterContinental Hotels Group Investor Relations Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson +44 (0) 1753 410 176 Heather Ward Media Enquiries Leslie McGibbon +44 (0) 1753 410 425 JPMorgan Cazenove David Clasen +44 (0) 20 7588 2828 JPMorgan Cazenove, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for the Company and for no one else in connection with the Special Dividend and Share Consolidation and will not be responsible to any other persons for providing the protections afforded to the clients of JPMorgan Cazenove, nor for providing advice to any other person in relation to the Special Dividend and Share Consolidation. Note to Editors InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) of the United Kingdom (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 3,700 hotels and more than 558,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. IHG owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental(R) Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn(R) Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express(R), Staybridge Suites(R), Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel Indigo(R), and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club(R) Rewards with over 33 million members worldwide. The Company pioneered the travel industry's first collaborative response to environmental issues as founder of the International Hotels and Environment Initiative (IHEI). The IHEI formed the foundations of the Tourism Partnership launched by the International Business Leaders Forum in 2004, of which IHG is still a member today. The environment and local communities remain at the heart of IHG's global corporate responsibility focus. IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ihg.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at www.priorityclub.com. For the latest news from IHG, visit our online Press Office at www.ihg.com/media This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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