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| TIDM | IHG |
| Share Price | US$169.050.68% |
| Market Cap | £25.24bn |
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) held its Annual General Meeting on Thursday 7 May 2026, where all resolutions, including the declaration of a final dividend (99.99% for) and approval of the 2025 Report and Accounts (99.95% for), were passed by way of a poll. Nicholas Cadbury was elected as a Director, and Sir Ron Kalifa resigned from the Board. Additionally, Sharon Rothstein was appointed to the Remuneration Committee and stepped down from the Audit Committee, effective 6 May 2026.
| Date | 7 May 2026 |
| Time | 14:00:00 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 4729D |
INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC
Results of 2026 Annual General Meeting and Non-Executive Director Update
The Annual General Meeting of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ("IHG") was held on Thursday 7 May 2026.
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 2025 |
114,835,364 |
99.95 |
62,780 |
0.05 |
114,898,144 |
76.61% |
413,722 |
|
2 |
Directors' Remuneration Report 2025 |
108,522,591 |
94.50 |
6,319,297 |
5.50 |
114,841,888 |
76.57% |
469,978 |
|
3 |
Declaration of final dividend |
115,240,754 |
99.99 |
12,610 |
0.01 |
115,253,364 |
76.85% |
58,501 |
|
4(a) |
Election of Nicholas Cadbury as a Director |
114,925,897 |
99.73 |
312,562 |
0.27 |
115,238,459 |
76.84% |
73,406 |
|
4(b) |
Re-election of Graham Allan as a Director |
114,259,404 |
99.15 |
979,846 |
0.85 |
115,239,250 |
76.84% |
72,615 |
|
4(c) |
Re-election of Arthur de Haast as a Director |
114,926,136 |
99.73 |
311,720 |
0.27 |
115,237,856 |
76.84% |
74,010 |
|
4(d) |
Re-election of Duriya Farooqui as a Director |
114,920,332 |
99.72 |
317,838 |
0.28 |
115,238,170 |
76.84% |
73,695 |
|
4(e) |
Re-election of Michael Glover as a Director |
114,163,587 |
99.06 |
1,084,011 |
0.94 |
115,247,598 |
76.84% |
64,267 |
|
4(f) |
Re-election of Byron Grote as a Director |
113,915,277 |
98.85 |
1,324,374 |
1.15 |
115,239,651 |
76.84% |
72,215 |
|
4(g) |
Re-election of Elie Maalouf as a Director |
114,454,603 |
99.31 |
793,502 |
0.69 |
115,248,105 |
76.84% |
63,760 |
|
4(h) |
Re-election of Deanna Oppenheimer |
113,736,861 |
98.69 |
1,506,755 |
1.31 |
115,243,616 |
76.84% |
68,249 |
|
4(i) |
Re-election of Angie Risley as a Director |
92,014,609 |
80.12 |
22,828,450 |
19.88 |
114,843,059 |
76.57% |
468,806 |
|
4(j) |
Re-election of Sharon Rothstein |
114,912,537 |
99.72 |
325,546 |
0.28 |
115,238,083 |
76.84% |
73,783 |
|
5 |
Reappointment of Auditor |
114,601,620 |
99.44 |
642,255 |
0.56 |
115,243,875 |
76.84% |
67,990 |
|
6 |
Remuneration of Auditor |
115,155,696 |
99.92 |
88,917 |
0.08 |
115,244,613 |
76.84% |
67,253 |
|
7 |
Political Donations |
112,295,157 |
97.86 |
2,451,034 |
2.14 |
114,746,191 |
76.51% |
565,674 |
|
8 |
Allotment of Shares |
109,728,964 |
95.24 |
5,487,602 |
4.76 |
115,216,566 |
76.82% |
95,299 |
|
9 |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights |
110,825,076 |
96.18 |
4,400,517 |
3.82 |
115,225,593 |
76.83% |
86,273 |
|
10 |
Further disapplication of pre-emption rights |
105,962,378 |
91.98 |
9,245,103 |
8.02 |
115,207,481 |
76.82% |
104,384 |
|
11 |
Authority to purchase own shares |
115,091,733 |
99.88 |
140,793 |
0.12 |
115,232,526 |
76.83% |
79,340 |
|
12 |
Notice of General Meetings |
108,239,733 |
93.93 |
6,993,709 |
6.07 |
115,233,442 |
76.83% |
78,424 |
IHG is pleased that all resolutions were supported at today's Annual General Meeting.
Additionally, IHG announces that following Sir Ron Kalifa's resignation from the Board and Nicholas Cadbury's appointment to the Board, Sharon Rothstein, Non-Executive Director, has been appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee and has stepped down from the Audit Committee with effect from 6 May 2026.
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 9 to 12 are special resolutions.
4. IHG's total issued share capital consists of 155,388,208 ordinary shares of 20 340/399 pence each, of which 5,431,782 ordinary shares are held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is 149,956,426.
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: |
Stuart Ford (+44 (0)7823 828 739); Kate Carpenter (+44 (0)7825 655 702); Joe Simpson (+44 (0)7976 862 072) |
|
Media Relations: |
Neil Maidment (+44 (0)7970 668 250); Mike Ward (+44 (0)7795 257 407) |
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