Result of AGM

RNS Number : 0727Y

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

03 May 2019

 

INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC

Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was held on Friday 3 May 2019.

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

RESOLUTION		VOTES FOR	%	VOTES AGAINST	%	TOTAL VOTES	% of ISC	VOTES WITHHELD
1	Report and Accounts 2018	146,911,044	99.74	388,444	0.26	147,299,488	80.92%	624,149
2	Directors' Remuneration Report 2018	120,939,401	83.95	23,116,948	16.05	144,056,349	79.14%	3,867,287
3	Declaration of final dividend	147,501,729	99.89	157,625	0.11	147,659,354	81.12%	264,283
4(a)	Re-election of Keith Barr as a Director	147,285,244	99.76	358,824	0.24	147,644,068	81.11%	279,559
4(b)	Re-election of Anne Busquet as a Director	146,824,350	99.45	819,195	0.55	147,643,545	81.11%	280,092
4(c)	Re-election of Patrick Cescau as a Director	146,982,125	99.55	659,045	0.45	147,641,170	81.11%	282,457
4(d)	Re-election of Ian Dyson as a Director	144,306,066	98.43	2,301,915	1.57	146,607,981	80.54%	1,315,646
4(e)	Re-election of Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson as a Director	147,128,614	99.65	511,880	0.35	147,640,494	81.11%	283,133
4(f)	Re-election of Jo Harlow as a Director	145,975,534	98.87	1,666,265	1.13	147,641,799	81.11%	281,828
4(g)	Re-election of Elie Maalouf as a Director	147,216,864	99.71	424,258	0.29	147,641,122	81.11%	282,505
4(h)	Re-election of Luke Mayhew as a Director	147,402,226	99.84	241,491	0.16	147,643,717	81.11%	280,549
4(i)	Re-election of Jill McDonald as a Director	146,780,120	99.42	862,310	0.58	147,642,430	81.11%	281,197
4(j)	Re-election of Dale Morrison as a Director	147,081,677	99.62	560,648	0.38	147,642,325	81.11%	281,941
4(k)	Re-election of Malina Ngai as a Director	146,181,441	99.01	1,456,728	0.99	147,638,169	81.11%	285,457
5	Re-appointment of Auditor	143,755,118	97.36	3,897,840	2.64	147,652,958	81.11%	270,668
6	Remuneration of Auditor	145,888,524	98.81	1,759,592	1.19	147,648,116	81.11%	275,511
7	Political donations	144,463,853	98.25	2,566,770	1.75	147,030,623	80.77%	893,004
8	Colleague Share Plan	147,445,124	99.89	165,329	0.11	147,610,453	81.09%	313,813
9	Allotment of shares	131,728,687	89.23	15,903,119	10.77	147,631,806	81.10%	291,820
10	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	147,517,174	99.94	91,662	0.06	147,608,836	81.09%	315,430
11	Further disapplication of pre-emption rights	145,791,792	98.77	1,819,550	1.23	147,611,342	81.09%	312,716
12	Authority to purchase own shares	146,986,459	99.56	649,512	0.44	147,635,971	81.10%	288,294
13	Notice of General Meetings	137,307,274	93.35	9,784,429	6.65	147,091,703	80.80%	832,563

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.   Resolutions 10 to 13 are special resolutions.

4.   The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, on 2 May 2019 was 182,033,293. The Company holds 5,684,427 treasury shares.

5.   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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Notice of Meeting.

Enquiries:

Investor Relations (Heather Wood; Matthew Kay)          [phone]    [phone]

Media Relations (Yasmin Diamond; Mark Debenham)    [phone]    [phone]

Notes to Editors:

IHG^® (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation with a broad portfolio of hotel brands, including Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, Regent Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental^® Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton^® Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo^®, EVEN^® Hotels, HUALUXE^® Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza^® Hotels & Resorts, voco™, Holiday Inn^®, Holiday Inn Express^®, Holiday Inn Club Vacations^®, Holiday Inn Resort^®, avid™ hotels, Staybridge Suites^® and Candlewood Suites^®.

IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns more than 5,600 hotels and nearly 843,000 guest rooms in more than 100 countries, with over 1,900 hotels in its development pipeline. IHG also manages IHG^® Rewards Club, our global loyalty programme, which has more than 100 million enrolled members.  

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. More than 400,000 people work across IHG's hotels and corporate offices globally.

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