Transaction in Own Shares

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

The Company announces that on 27 August 2013 it acquired 123,000 of its own ordinary shares at an average price of 1829.8342 pence per ordinary share. The highest and lowest prices paid for these shares were 1857 pence per share and 1815 pence per share respectively.

The shares purchased will be held as Treasury Shares.

Following settlement of the above purchase, the Company will hold 5,687,208 ordinary shares as Treasury Shares and the total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury) will be 263,240,009.

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations (Catherine Dolton; Isabel Green): +44 (0)1895 512176