Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8829B

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

23 April 2012

 



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:	Southeastern Asset Management Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	19 April 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 April 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Holding decreasing below 12%

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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	36,326,841	36,326,841			34,101,357		11.71%
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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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nominal	Delta
					N/A	N/A

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
34,101,357	11.71%

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

Southeastern Asset Management, Inc., is the investment advisor to the Longleaf Partners Fund, a US mutual fund.  The 34,101,357 voting rights held by Southeastern Asset Management Inc., include those in relation to 17,021,435 voting shares owned directly by Longleaf Partners Fund.

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

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

 

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