1st Jun 2006 14:25
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC01 June 2006 1 June 2006 INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ("the Company") announces that at the EGM heldtoday, Shareholders approved the Resolutions connected with the Company'sproposed Share Consolidation and the renewal of the Company's authority toenable the Company to continue to make market purchases of its Ordinary Sharesfollowing the Share Consolidation. The Share Consolidation was proposed in the context of a special interimdividend of 118 pence per share, payable on the Company's Existing OrdinaryShares immediately prior to the Share Consolidation. The expected timetableremains as previously announced. The Special Dividend is expected to be paid on22 June 2006 to Shareholders on the Register on 9 June 2006. Application will be made in due course to the Financial Services Authority forthe admittance to the Official List of the New Ordinary Shares arising from theShare Consolidation and to The London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Sharesto be admitted to trading on the main market. It is expected that admissionwill take place and trading of the New Ordinary Shares will commence on 12 June2006. Voting was conducted by way of a poll on both the Resolutions proposed at theEGM. Details of the votes cast are set out below. Ordinary Resolution to approve the Share Consolidation For: 245,505,756Against: 366,639 Special Resolution to grant a new authority to make market purchases of NewOrdinary Shares For: 245,466,573Against: 334,429 All definitions used in the Circular to Shareholders dated 5 May 2006 have thesame meaning when used in this announcement. 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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