Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4691V

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

14 January 2013

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		√
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Schedule A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	10 January 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	11 January 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
			Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	13,604,823	13,604,823	13,180,823		13,180,823		4.9122%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
13,180,823	4.9122%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

See Schedule A

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	NICOLETTE HENFREY DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY &  HEAD OF CORPORATE LEGAL INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC
15. Contact telephone number:	01895 512 000

Schedule A

As at 10 January 2013

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

                                                                                                            Number of      Percentage of

                                                                                                            Shares            Outstanding

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings                 13,180,823      4.912%

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:

·  Capital Research and Management Company                               13,180,823      4.912%

 

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