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| TIDM | IHG |
| Share Price | US$154.101.12% |
| Market Cap | $22.75bn |
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC held its 2025 Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 8 May 2025, where all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were passed by way of a poll. Shareholders approved the 2024 Report and Accounts with 99.99% of votes, the Directors' Remuneration Policy with 69.51%, and the declaration of a final dividend with 100.00% of votes, while all ten directors were also re-elected.
| Date | 8 May 2025 |
| Time | 15:30:01 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 9335H |
INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC
Results of 2025 Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was held on Thursday 8 May 2025.
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 2024 |
123,647,307 |
99.99 |
12,866 |
0.01 |
123,660,173 |
79.44% |
449,312 |
|
2 |
Directors' Remuneration Policy |
83,101,700 |
69.51 |
36,445,863 |
30.49 |
119,547,563 |
76.80% |
4,561,922 |
|
3 |
Directors' Remuneration Report 2024 |
97,581,504 |
79.00 |
25,940,873 |
21.00 |
123,522,377 |
79.35% |
587,107 |
|
4 |
Declaration of final dividend |
124,061,304 |
100.00 |
3,004 |
0.00 |
124,064,308 |
79.70% |
45,177 |
|
5(a) |
Re-election of Graham Allan as a Director |
123,506,234 |
99.56 |
551,053 |
0.44 |
124,057,287 |
79.69% |
52,198 |
|
5(b) |
Re-election of Arthur de Haast as a Director |
124,041,165 |
99.99 |
14,181 |
0.01 |
124,055,346 |
79.69% |
54,139 |
|
5(c) |
Re-election of Duriya Farooqui as a Director |
124,003,749 |
99.97 |
36,064 |
0.03 |
124,039,813 |
79.68% |
69,672 |
|
5(d) |
Re-election of Michael Glover as a Director |
123,892,241 |
99.87 |
164,484 |
0.13 |
124,056,725 |
79.69% |
52,760 |
|
5(e) |
Re-election of Byron Grote as a Director |
123,037,720 |
99.18 |
1,019,121 |
0.82 |
124,056,841 |
79.69% |
52,643 |
|
5(f) |
Re-election of Sir Ron Kalifa as a Director |
123,751,905 |
99.75 |
304,941 |
0.25 |
124,056,846 |
79.69% |
52,639 |
|
5(g) |
Re-election of Elie Maalouf as a Director |
124,043,262 |
99.99 |
14,130 |
0.01 |
124,057,392 |
79.69% |
52,093 |
|
5(h) |
Re-election of Deanna Oppenheimer as a Director |
123,090,628 |
99.31 |
853,890 |
0.69 |
123,944,518 |
79.62% |
164,967 |
|
5(i) |
Re-election of Angie Risley as a Director |
120,894,739 |
97.45 |
3,161,730 |
2.55 |
124,056,469 |
79.69% |
53,015 |
|
5(j) |
Re-election of Sharon Rothstein as a Director |
124,026,351 |
99.98 |
29,750 |
0.02 |
124,056,101 |
79.69% |
53,384 |
|
6 |
Reappointment of Auditor |
124,051,055 |
99.99 |
9,545 |
0.01 |
124,060,600 |
79.70% |
48,885 |
|
7 |
Remuneration of Auditor |
124,049,941 |
99.99 |
9,489 |
0.01 |
124,059,430 |
79.70% |
49,751 |
|
8 |
Political Donations |
120,358,056 |
97.04 |
3,672,821 |
2.96 |
124,030,877 |
79.68% |
78,608 |
|
9 |
Allotment of Shares |
118,134,555 |
95.24 |
5,910,525 |
4.76 |
124,045,080 |
79.69% |
64,404 |
|
10 |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
114,401,871 |
92.22 |
9,645,132 |
7.78 |
124,047,003 |
79.69% |
62,481 |
|
11 |
Further disapplication of pre-emption rights |
107,873,988 |
87.09 |
15,997,845 |
12.91 |
123,871,833 |
79.58% |
237,617 |
|
12 |
Authority to purchase own shares |
123,812,832 |
99.85 |
181,190 |
0.15 |
123,994,022 |
79.65% |
115,462 |
|
13 |
Notice of General Meetings |
118,430,473 |
95.46 |
5,633,403 |
4.54 |
124,063,876 |
79.70% |
45,608 |
The IHG Board is delighted that all resolutions were supported at today's Annual General Meeting. In particular, the Board thanks our shareholders who have voted in support of the Directors' Remuneration Policy (the Policy) and the Directors' Remuneration Report 2024 (the Report). The Board notes that all of IHG's top 10 largest shareholders supported the Policy and the Report.
The Board will continue to engage with and listen to the views of shareholders and the proxy advisers in relation to the Policy and the Report. An update on that engagement, and on any action taken as a result of these votes, will be published within six months of the AGM, in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code.
Notes:
1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chair 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. IHG's total issued share capital consists of 161,771,631 ordinary shares of 20 340/399 pence each, of which 6,206,782 ordinary shares are held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is 155,564,849.
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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Notice of Meeting.
For further information, please contact:
|
Investor Relations: |
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|
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