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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC01 June 2006 1 June 2006 INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING All resolutions passed At the Company's Annual General Meeting held on 1 June 2006 all the resolutionsset out in the Company's Notice of Meeting to shareholders dated 1 March 2006were proposed and duly passed. Voting on each resolution was conducted by way of a poll. Details of the votescast are set out below: RESOLUTION FOR AGAINST1 Receipt of financial statements 243,950,377 341,0242 Approval of Remuneration Report 240,283,907 4,522,6833 Declaration of final dividend 249,086,899 55,2694(a) Election of Jennifer Laing 248,758,805 328,9854(b) Election of Jonathan Linen 248,706,802 377,5874(c) Re-election of Robert C Larson 247,882,213 665,3054(d) Re-election of Stevan Porter 248,655,836 429,6785 Reappointment of auditors 248,570,779 544,3616 Authority to set auditors' remuneration 248,579,865 521,0537 Political donations 242,965,273 5,948,6668 Allotment of shares 244,213,612 4,841,9929 Disapplication of pre-emption rights 248,711,143 267,13610 Authority to purchase own shares 248,876,412 208,443 For further information, please contact InterContinental Hotels Group Media EnquiriesLeslie McGibbon +44 (0) 1753 410 425 +44 (0) 7808 094 471 Investor RelationsGavin Flynn, Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson +44 (0) 1753 410 176 +44 (0) 7808 098 972 InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom (LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG(ADRs)) is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. InterContinentalHotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries,over 3,600 hotels and 537,500 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries andterritories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised andrespected hotel brands including InterContinental(R) Hotels & Resorts, CrownePlaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn(R) Hotels and Resorts, Holiday InnExpress(R), Staybridge Suites(R), Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel IndigoTM, andalso manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club(R)Rewards. InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and online reservations for allits hotel brands at www.ichotelsgroup.com and information for the Priority ClubRewards programme at www.priorityclub.com. For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group, visit our online PressOffice at www.ihgplc.com/media. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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