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INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC
Results of 2014 Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was held on Friday 2 May 2014.
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 2013 | 171,682,229 | 99.99 | 10,251 | 0.01 | 171,692,480 | 138,227 |
2 | Approval of Directors' Remuneration Policy | 155,440,907 | 90.94 | 15,483,775 | 9.06 | 170,924,682 | 906,025 |
3 | Approval of Annual Report on Directors' Remuneration 2013 | 158,131,479 | 94.01 | 10,076,027 | 5.99 | 168,207,506 | 3,623,200 |
4 | Declaration of final dividend | 171,724,974 | 100.00 | 6,616 | 0.00 | 171,731,590 | 99,117 |
5(a) | Election of Ian Dyson as a Director | 170,625,658 | 99.37 | 1,079,418 | 0.63 | 171,705,076 | 125,631 |
5(b) | Election of Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson as a Director | 170,714,213 | 99.42 | 989,345 | 0.58 | 171,703,558 | 127,149 |
5(c) | Election of Jill McDonald as a Director | 171,281,043 | 99.75 | 420,791 | 0.25 | 171,701,834 | 128,873 |
5(d) | Re-election of Patrick Cescau as a Director | 170,069,169 | 99.05 | 1,637,047 | 0.95 | 171,706,216 | 124,491 |
5(e) | Re-election of David Kappler as a Director | 165,263,284 | 96.25 | 6,439,842 | 3.75 | 171,703,126 | 126,981 |
5(f) | Re-election of Kirk Kinsell as a Director | 168,897,998 | 98.37 | 2,806,334 | 1.63 | 171,704,332 | 126,375 |
5(g) | Re-election of Jennifer Laing as a Director | 170,733,497 | 99.43 | 975,808 | 0.57 | 171,709,305 | 121,002 |
5(h) | Re-election of Jonathan Linen as a Director | 171,193,335 | 99.70 | 513,447 | 0.30 | 171,706,782 | 123,925 |
5(i) | Re-election of Luke Mayhew as a Director | 171,032,171 | 99.61 | 676,299 | 0.39 | 171,708,470 | 122,237 |
5(j) | Re-election of Dale Morrison as a Director | 167,682,786 | 99.39 | 1,033,299 | 0.61 | 168,716,085 | 3,114,622 |
5(k) | Re-election of Tracy Robbins as a Director | 168,899,874 | 98.36 | 2,808,303 | 1.64 | 171,708,177 | 122,530 |
5(l) | Re-election of Richard Solomons as a Director | 171,183,910 | 99.69 | 527,169 | 0.31 | 171,711,079 | 119,628 |
5(m) | Re-election of Ying Yeh as a Director | 169,853,641 | 98.92 | 1,850,917 | 1.08 | 171,704,558 | 126,149 |
6 | Reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor | 157,748,168 | 94.05 | 9,988,725 | 5.95 | 167,736,893 | 4,093,814 |
7 | Authority to set Auditor's remuneration | 163,222,253 | 95.61 | 7,498,704 | 4.39 | 170,720,957 | 1,109,350 |
8 | Authority to make political donations | 166,323,516 | 96.94 | 5,250,933 | 3.06 | 171,574,449 | 256,590 |
9 | Authority to allot shares | 152,200,059 | 88.77 | 19,248,554 | 11.23 | 171,448,613 | 384,091 |
10 | Adoption of new Long Term Incentive Plan rules | 161,264,095 | 94.09 | 10,135,864 | 5.91 | 171,399,959 | 432,745 |
11 | Adoption of new Annual Performance Plan rules | 161,674,022 | 94.33 | 9,710,306 | 5.67 | 171,384,328 | 448,376 |
12 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | 170,951,091 | 99.59 | 709,206 | 0.41 | 171,660,297 | 172,639 |
13 | Authority to purchase own shares | 171,382,400 | 99.90 | 175,658 | 0.10 | 171,558,058 | 274,646 |
14 | Notice of General Meetings | 157,651,338 | 91.81 | 14,066,587 | 8.19 | 171,717,925 | 114,779 |
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 30 April 2014 was 256,090,686.
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
For further information please contact:
Investor Relations (Catherine Dolton; Isabel Green): +44 (0)1895 512176
Media Relations (Yasmin Diamond; Zoe Bird): +44 (0)1895 512008
Notes to Editors:
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