Holding(s) in Company
Lloyds TSB - Securities Administration
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of Intercontinental Hotels plc
existing shares to which voting rights are attached2:
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2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):___________________________________________
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification Lloyds TSB Group plc
obligation3:
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)4:
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5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the 19th January 2007
threshold is crossed or reached if different)5:
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6. Date on which issuer notified: 23rd January 2007
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction7
shares the Triggering
if possible transaction 6
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ISIN CODE Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights% of voting rights
Shares Voting shares ix
Rights viii------------------------------------------------------
1. 1. 1. Direct Direct x Indirect xi Direct Indirect
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ORD GBP
0.114285 17,814,180 17,814,180 15,994,915 15,994,915 1,817,009 4.489 0.510
B128LQ1
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B: Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
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Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting rights% of voting
instrument date xiii Period/ Date xiv that may be acquired rights
if the instrument is
exercised/ converted.
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Total (A+B)
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Number of voting rights % of voting rights
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17,811,924 4.999
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial
instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to
hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting
rights:
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name: Philip Mason
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15. Contact telephone number: 01444 418127
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ANNEX NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES XVI
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A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
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Full name (including legal form for legal entities)Lloyds TSB Group plc
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Contact address (registered office for legal Henry Duncan House
entities) 120 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4LH
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Phone number 0131 225 4555
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Other useful information (at least legal
representative for legal persons)
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B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii
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Full name Lloyds TSB Central Disclosure Unit
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Contact address 2nd Floor
31/33 Perrymount Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 3SP
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Phone number 01444 418127
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Other useful information (e.g. functional
relationship with the person or legal entity
subject to the notification obligation)
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C: Additional information
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Notes
1 This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.
2 Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying the
issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.
3 This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person acquiring,
disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1
(b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or
(d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire
shares already issued to which voting rights are attached, as appropriate. In
relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the
voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the
natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration
the voting rights; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person
holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights
and declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions; - in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the
person who has a life interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise
the voting rights attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the
voting rights when the life interest is created; - in the circumstances foreseen
in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and, provided it has a notification duty
at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a
combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking; - in the
circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the shares, if he
can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his
discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to
exercise the voting rights at his discretion; - in the circumstances foreseen in
DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the voting rights; - in the circumstances
foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights
at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy
holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion.
4 Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be
the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who is the
counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.
5 The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange
transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an
off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement. The date on
which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the acquisition,
disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (see DTR 5.1.1R
(3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect.
These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a
condition beyond the control of the parties.
6 Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In case
the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please state
'below 3%'. vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the
notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,
only that the new holding is less than 3%.
For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement. viii Direct and indirect ix
In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct
holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting rights
number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank. X Voting rights attached
to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a direct shareholder (DTR
5.1) xi Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder
(DTR 5.2.1) xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the
notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,
only that the new holding is below 3%. xiii date of maturity / expiration of the
finical instrument i.e. the date when the right to acquire shares ends. xiv If
the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period- for
example once every three months starting from the [date] xv The notification
should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings through which the
voting rights are held. The notification should also include the amount of
voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking, insofar as
individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% or more, and insofar as the
notification by the parent undertaking is intended to cover the notification
obligations of the controlled undertaking. xvi This annex is only to be filed
with the competent authority. xvii Whenever another person makes the
notification on behalf of the shareholder or the natural person/legal entity
referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3.