Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5516F

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

24 May 2013

 



INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC

Results of 2013 Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was held on Friday 24 May 2013.

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

	RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	TOTAL VOTES	VOTES WITHHELD
1.	Receipt of financial statements 2012	188,680,614	99.99	13,352	0.01	188,693,966	90,722
2.	Approval of Directors' Remuneration Report	160,795,577	85.73	26,762,492	14.27	187,558,069	1,226,617
3.	Declaration of final dividend	188,694,787	100.00	9,244	0.00	188,704,031	80,657
4a.	Election of Patrick Cescau as a Director	187,844,734	99.57	804,657	0.43	188,649,391	135,297
4b.	Re-election of David Kappler as a Director	188,071,488	99.69	586,564	0.31	188,658,052	126,636
4c.	Re-election of Kirk Kinsell as a Director	186,414,466	98.81	2,240,642	1.19	188,655,108	129,580
4d.	Re-election of Jennifer Laing as a Director	188,080,635	99.69	577,823	0.31	188,658,458	126,230
4e.	Re-election of Jonathan Linen as a Director	186,566,530	99.67	616,377	0.33	187,182,907	1,601,780
4f.	Re-election of Luke Mayhew as a Director	188,164,650	99.74	493,678	0.26	188,658,328	126,360
4g.	Re-election of Dale Morrison as a Director	188,079,398	99.69	578,177	0.31	188,657,575	127,020
4h.	Re-election of Tracy Robbins as a Director	186,420,827	98.81	2,244,142	1.19	188,664,969	119,719
4i.	Re-election of Tom Singer as a Director	186,419,135	98.81	2,239,904	1.19	188,659,039	125,649
4j.	Re-election of Richard Solomons as a Director	188,192,671	99.75	467,793	0.25	188,660,464	124,224
4k.	Re-election of Ying Yeh as a Director	188,035,639	99.67	618,516	0.33	188,654,155	130,533
5.	Reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors	183,158,165	97.96	3,811,060	2.04	186,969,225	1,815,462
6.	Authority to set Auditors' remuneration	183,627,680	97.56	4,584,452	2.44	188,212,132	572,554
7.	Political donations	185,505,012	98.38	3,050,182	1.62	188,555,194	229,494
8.	Authority to allot shares	166,550,576	88.30	22,074,486	11.70	188,625,062	159,626
9.	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	188,047,373	99.71	550,986	0.29	188,598,359	186,329
10.	Authority to purchase own shares	186,496,148	99.72	519,482	0.28	187,015,630	1,769,057
11.	Notice of General Meetings	171,923,743	91.11	16,765,259	8.89	188,689,002	95,686

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.   The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury shares, on Wednesday 22 May 2013 was 267,071,808.

4.   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

For further information please contact:

Investor Relations (Catherine Dolton; Isabel Green):    [phone]

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Notes to Editors:

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation with nine hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites®, EVEN™ Hotels and HUALUXE™ Hotels & Resorts. IHG also manages Priority Club® Rewards, the world's first and largest hotel loyalty programme with over 73 million members worldwide. The programme will be renamed and relaunched as IHG® Rewards Club in July 2013, offering enhanced benefits for members.

IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns over 4,600 hotels and more than 674,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories. With more than 1,000 hotels in its development pipeline, IHG expects to recruit around 90,000 people into additional roles across its estate over the next few years.

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.

Visit www.ihg.com for hotel information and reservations and www.priorityclub.com for more on Priority Club Rewards. For our latest news, visit www.ihg.com/media,www.twitter.com/ihg, www.facebook.com/ihg or www.youtube.com/ihgplc.

 

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