26 April 2019
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ("IHG")
Final Dividend - Pence Sterling Amount Payable
On 19 February 2019, the Board of IHG announced a final dividend of 78.1 cents per ADR and that the corresponding amount in Pence Sterling per ordinary share would be announced on 26 April 2019. The final dividend will be paid on 14 May 2019 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 29 March 2019.
The Pence Sterling amount payable in respect of the final dividend has been determined with reference to the average of the market exchange rates on the three working days commencing 23 April 2019, using the WM/Reuters closing mid-point spot rate as at 4:00pm (London time), as published in the Financial Times, resulting in an applicable exchange rate of £1:US$1.2934
Accordingly, the Pence Sterling amount payable to Shareholders in relation to the final dividend will be 60.4 pence per ordinary share.
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Notes to Editors:
IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation with a broad portfolio of hotel brands, including Regent Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton® Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo®, EVEN® Hotels, HUALUXE® Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, voco™, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Holiday Inn Club Vacations®, Holiday Inn Resort®, avid™ hotels, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®.
IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns more than 5,600 hotels and approximately 837,000 guest rooms in more than 100 countries, with almost 1,900 hotels in its development pipeline. IHG also manages IHG® Rewards Club, our global loyalty programme, which has more than 100 million enrolled members.
In February 2019, IHG acquired Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, adding 16 hotels (1,347 rooms) to its system and 18 hotels to its development pipeline.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. More than 400,000 people work across IHG's hotels and corporate offices globally.
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