LONDON, UK, Dec. 10, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (the "Company")
10 December 2004
Result of EGM
At the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held today to consider the Company's proposed Share Consolidation and a renewal of the Company's authority to repurchase its own shares, both the proposed resolutions were duly passed.
The Share Consolidation was proposed in the context of the special interim dividend of 72 pence per share, payable on the Company's Existing Ordinary Shares immediately prior to the Share Consolidation. The Special Dividend will be paid on 17 December 2004 to shareholders on the Register on 10 December 2004.
Application has been made to The UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange for 623,681,000 New Ordinary Shares of 112 pence each to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities.
In addition, 3,786,239 New Ordinary Shares are to be block listed. The block listings consist of 1,372,956 New Ordinary Shares which may be issued under the InterContinental Hotels Group Executive Share Option Plan and 2,413,283 New Ordinary Shares that may be issued under the InterContinental Hotels Group Sharesave Plan.
It is expected that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence on 13 December 2004.
Note to Editors:
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom (LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)) is the world's most global hotel company and the largest by number of rooms. InterContinental Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, more than 3,500 hotels and 536,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental(R) Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn(R) Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express(R), Staybridge Suites(R), Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel IndigoTM, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty program, Priority Club(R) Rewards, with more than 23 million members worldwide. In addition to this, InterContinental Hotels Group has a controlling interest in Britvic, the second largest soft drinks manufacturer in the UK.
InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ichotelsgroup.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at www.priorityclub.com.
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