Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5468R

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

24 August 2010

 



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		YES
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:	FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including: FIL Investment Services Limited (FISL) FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK) FIL Pension Management (FPM) Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	20 August 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 August 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	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
			Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORDINARY SHARES	14,553,874	14,553,874	0	13,850,157	0	13,850,157	0%	4.79%
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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

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					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
13,850,157	4.79%

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

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including: FIL Investment Services Limited (FISL) FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK) FIL Pension Management (FPM) Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	703,717
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	20 August 2010

13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	CATHERINE SPRINGETT DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC
15. Contact telephone number:	01895 512242

 

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