InterContinental Hotels Group PLC announces results of EGM for the disposal of its interest in the Britvic Group
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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC announces results of EGM for the disposal of its interest in the Britvic Group
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Category: Worldwide
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2005-12-08
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC announces that at the EGM held today, Shareholders approved the resolution in connection with the proposed disposal of its interest in the Britvic Group.
It is expected that the final Offer Price and number of Britvic plc shares to be sold by IHG will be announced on 9 December 2005 and that Completion will take place on 14 December 2005.
Details of the votes cast on the resolution proposed at the EGM are set out below.
For: 303,755,132
Against: 454,964
For further information, please contact
InterContinental Hotels Group
Media Enquiries +44 (0) 1753 410 425
Leslie McGibbon
+44 (0) 7808 094 471
Investor Relations +44 (0) 1753 410 176
Gavin Flynn,
Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson
+44 (0) 7808 098 972
Note to Editors:
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. InterContinental Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, almost 3,600 hotels and 539,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® and Hotel IndigoTM, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards, with over 27 million members worldwide. In addition to this, InterContinental Hotels Group has a 47.5% interest in Britvic, one of the two leading manufacturers of soft drinks, by value and volume, in Great Britain.
InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ichotelsgroup.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at www.priorityclub.com.
For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group, visit our online Press Office at www.ihgplc.com/media.
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