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INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC
Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was held on Friday 3 May 2019.
All resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed by way of a poll. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Annual General Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES | % of ISC | VOTES WITHHELD | ||||
1 | Report and Accounts 2018 | 146,911,044 | 99.74 | 388,444 | 0.26 | 147,299,488 | 80.92% | 624,149 | |||
2 | Directors' Remuneration Report 2018 | 120,939,401 | 83.95 | 23,116,948 | 16.05 | 144,056,349 | 79.14% | 3,867,287 | |||
3 | Declaration of final dividend | 147,501,729 | 99.89 | 157,625 | 0.11 | 147,659,354 | 81.12% | 264,283 | |||
4(a) | Re-election of Keith Barr as a Director | 147,285,244 | 99.76 | 358,824 | 0.24 | 147,644,068 | 81.11% | 279,559 | |||
4(b) | Re-election of Anne Busquet as a Director | 146,824,350 | 99.45 | 819,195 | 0.55 | 147,643,545 | 81.11% | 280,092 | |||
4(c) | Re-election of Patrick Cescau as a Director | 146,982,125 | 99.55 | 659,045 | 0.45 | 147,641,170 | 81.11% | 282,457 | |||
4(d) | Re-election of Ian Dyson as a Director | 144,306,066 | 98.43 | 2,301,915 | 1.57 | 146,607,981 | 80.54% | 1,315,646 | |||
4(e) | Re-election of Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson as a Director | 147,128,614 | 99.65 | 511,880 | 0.35 | 147,640,494 | 81.11% | 283,133 | |||
4(f) | Re-election of Jo Harlow as a Director | 145,975,534 | 98.87 | 1,666,265 | 1.13 | 147,641,799 | 81.11% | 281,828 | |||
4(g) | Re-election of Elie Maalouf as a Director | 147,216,864 | 99.71 | 424,258 | 0.29 | 147,641,122 | 81.11% | 282,505 | |||
4(h) | Re-election of Luke Mayhew as a Director | 147,402,226 | 99.84 | 241,491 | 0.16 | 147,643,717 | 81.11% | 280,549 | |||
4(i) | Re-election of Jill McDonald as a Director | 146,780,120 | 99.42 | 862,310 | 0.58 | 147,642,430 | 81.11% | 281,197 | |||
4(j) | Re-election of Dale Morrison as a Director | 147,081,677 | 99.62 | 560,648 | 0.38 | 147,642,325 | 81.11% | 281,941 | |||
4(k) | Re-election of Malina Ngai as a Director | 146,181,441 | 99.01 | 1,456,728 | 0.99 | 147,638,169 | 81.11% | 285,457 | |||
5 | Re-appointment of Auditor | 143,755,118 | 97.36 | 3,897,840 | 2.64 | 147,652,958 | 81.11% | 270,668 | |||
6 | Remuneration of Auditor | 145,888,524 | 98.81 | 1,759,592 | 1.19 | 147,648,116 | 81.11% | 275,511 | |||
7 | Political donations | 144,463,853 | 98.25 | 2,566,770 | 1.75 | 147,030,623 | 80.77% | 893,004 | |||
8 | Colleague Share Plan | 147,445,124 | 99.89 | 165,329 | 0.11 | 147,610,453 | 81.09% | 313,813 | |||
9 | Allotment of shares | 131,728,687 | 89.23 | 15,903,119 | 10.77 | 147,631,806 | 81.10% | 291,820 | |||
10 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 147,517,174 | 99.94 | 91,662 | 0.06 | 147,608,836 | 81.09% | 315,430 | |||
11 | Further disapplication of pre-emption rights | 145,791,792 | 98.77 | 1,819,550 | 1.23 | 147,611,342 | 81.09% | 312,716 | |||
12 | Authority to purchase own shares | 146,986,459 | 99.56 | 649,512 | 0.44 | 147,635,971 | 81.10% | 288,294 | |||
13 | Notice of General Meetings | 137,307,274 | 93.35 | 9,784,429 | 6.65 | 147,091,703 | 80.80% | 832,563 | |||
NOTES:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
2. Votes 'Withheld' are not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
3. Resolutions 10 to 13 are special resolutions.
4. The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, on 2 May 2019 was 182,033,293. The Company holds 5,684,427 treasury shares.
5. Copies of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, will be submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Notice of Meeting.
Enquiries:
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