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INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC
Results of 2015 Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was held on Friday 8 May 2015.
All resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed on a poll. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
RESOLUTION | VOTES FOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES | VOTES WITHHELD | |
1 | Receipt of financial statements 2014 | 157,440,199 | 100.00 | 7,839 | 0.00 | 157,448,038 | 243,331 |
2 | Approval of Annual Report on Directors' Remuneration 2014 | 149,415,662 | 96.99 | 4,633,208 | 3.01 | 154,048,870 | 3,642,496 |
3 | Declaration of final dividend | 157,451,517 | 99.99 | 11,304 | 0.01 | 157,462,821 | 228,548 |
4(a) | Election of Anne Busquet as a Director | 156,934,189 | 99.69 | 492,320 | 0.31 | 157,426,509 | 264,536 |
4(b) | Election of Jo Harlow as a Director | 157,370,918 | 99.97 | 52,072 | 0.03 | 157,422,990 | 268,056 |
4(c) | Re-election of Patrick Cescau as a Director | 156,339,486 | 99.31 | 1,079,599 | 0.69 | 157,419,085 | 271,961 |
4(d) | Re-election of Ian Dyson as a Director | 148,712,845 | 97.34 | 4,060,415 | 2.66 | 152,773,260 | 4,917,786 |
4(e) | Re-election of Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson as a Director | 153,151,731 | 97.29 | 4,267,860 | 2.71 | 157,419,591 | 271,455 |
4(f) | Re-election of Jennifer Laing as a Director | 157,202,354 | 99.86 | 221,448 | 0.14 | 157,423,802 | 267,244 |
4(g) | Re-election of Luke Mayhew as a Director | 156,219,802 | 99.24 | 1,198,559 | 0.76 | 157,418,361 | 272,685 |
4(h) | Re-election of Jill McDonald as a Director | 157,373,540 | 99.97 | 48,036 | 0.03 | 157,421,576 | 269,470 |
4(i) | Re-election of Dale Morrison as a Director | 157,249,907 | 99.89 | 168,944 | 0.11 | 157,418,851 | 272,195 |
4(j) | Re-election of Tracy Robbins as a Director | 153,518,346 | 97.52 | 3,900,267 | 2.48 | 157,418,613 | 272,433 |
4(k) | Re-election of Richard Solomons as a Director | 157,401,730 | 99.99 | 21,161 | 0.01 | 157,422,891 | 268,478 |
4(l) | Re-election of Ying Yeh as a Director | 156,723,569 | 99.55 | 700,553 | 0.45 | 157,424,122 | 266,924 |
5 | Reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor | 150,173,597 | 95.38 | 7,274,519 | 4.62 | 157,448,116 | 243,252 |
6 | Authority to set Auditor's remuneration | 157,176,626 | 99.84 | 259,423 | 0.16 | 157,436,049 | 255,320 |
7 | Authority to make political donations | 153,770,170 | 97.74 | 3,555,969 | 2.26 | 157,326,139 | 364,907 |
8 | Authority to allot shares | 140,099,901 | 89.40 | 16,607,780 | 10.60 | 156,707,681 | 983,687 |
9 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 156,541,814 | 99.46 | 842,314 | 0.54 | 157,384,128 | 307,241 |
10 | Authority to purchase own shares | 157,339,163 | 99.94 | 92,786 | 0.06 | 157,431,949 | 259,420 |
11 | Notice of General Meetings | 143,689,065 | 91.28 | 13,727,720 | 8.72 | 157,416,785 | 274,583 |
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. The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury Shares, on Wednesday 6 May 2015 was 236,117,256.
4. 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.hemscott.com/nsm.do
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Notes to Editors:
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