Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Feb 26, 2015
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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Broadwater Park Denham Buckinghamshire UB9 5HR United Kingdom
February 2015
Dear Shareholder
I am pleased to let you know that IHG's Annual Report and Form 20-F 2014 has now been published and can be viewed on our website www.ihgplc.com/investors under financial library.
I take pleasure in sending you IHG's 2015 Notice of AGM. The AGM will be held at 11.00am on Friday, 8 May 2015 at InterContinental London Park Lane, One Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London W1J 7QY. The Notice of AGM, together with the enclosed Form of Proxy, set out the resolutions to be put to the AGM and information about the business of the AGM.
The AGM provides a useful forum for direct communications with shareholders and I look forward to meeting you and answering any questions that you may have.
I am also pleased to announce that the Board is recommending that the final dividend for 2014 is 52.0 cents per share, resulting in a full-year dividend of 77.0 cents per share, an increase of 10% compared with 2013. This converts to a sterling final dividend for 2014 of 33.8 pence per share and a full-year dividend of 48.6 pence per share. Subject to shareholder approval at our AGM, the final dividend will be paid on 15 May 2015 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 7 April 2015.
On 1 September 2014, we were delighted to welcome Jo Harlow to the Board and as a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Jo has a wealth of experience and knowledge, particularly in the role digital technology plays in driving consumer behaviour.
On 31 December 2014, Jonathan Linen retired from the Board and I would like to thank him for his tremendous contribution to IHG. In December 2014, we announced that Kirk Kinsell would step down from the Board and his role as President of our Americas business on 13 February 2015. Kirk is succeeded by Elie Maalouf as Chief Executive Officer, The Americas who also became a member of IHG's Executive Committee.
We are also pleased that Anne Busquet will be joining the Board as a Non-Executive Director effective from 1 March 2015. She will also sit on the Audit, Corporate Responsibility and Nomination Committees. Anne has an impressive breadth of experience in digital commerce, hospitality, finance and marketing.
The Directors believe that the adoption of all the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of the resolutions, as each Director intends to in respect of his or her own beneficial holdings.
Your vote is important to us, so, if you cannot attend the AGM, please complete, sign and return the enclosed Form of Proxy to our Registrar, Equiniti. Alternatively, you can register your vote in advance electronically at www.sharevote.co.uk. You will need the Voting ID, Task ID and Shareholder Reference Number shown on your Form of Proxy. The results of the voting will be published on our website as soon as practicable after the AGM.
If, in future, you wish to receive an email notification whenever shareholder documents and information are available on our website, please register your email address at www.shareview.co.uk. You will need your Shareholder Reference Number, which can be found on your Form of Proxy. We will then send you an email message each time we display a shareholder document on our website.
Yours faithfully
Patrick Cescau Chairman
If at any time you want to change the way you receive shareholder documents, want a paper copy of a specific document, have any queries regarding this letter or are unable to locate the documents on our website, please contact our Registrar at the following address:
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If you have sold or transferred all your shares in InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, please pass this letter and the accompanying documents to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom you made the sale or transfer for forwarding on to the purchaser or transferee.
This notification is neither a summary of the Annual Report and Form 20-F 2014, nor a summary of the business to be transacted at the 2015 Annual General Meeting and should not be regarded as a substitute for reading the Annual Report and Form 20-F 2014, and the Notice of Annual General Meeting in full before taking a decision.
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