SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 AND 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For 29 October 2004
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
(Registrant's name)
67 Alma Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 3HD, England
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No
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| Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | ||||
| 99.1 | Blocklisting 6 Monthly Return dated 15 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.2 | Blocklisting 6 Monthly Return dated 15 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.3 | Purchase of Own Securities dated 15 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.4 | Director Shareholding dated 18 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.5 | Purchase of Own Securities dated 18 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.6 | Purchase of Own Securities dated 19 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.7 | Purchase of Own Securities dated 20 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.8 | Director Shareholding dated 21 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.9 | Purchase of Own Securities dated 21 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.10 | Britivic Chairman Appointment dated 22 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.11 | Director Shareholding dated 22 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.12 | Transaction in Own Shares dated 22 October 2004 | ||||
| 99.13 | Director Shareholding dated 25 October 2004 | ||||
Exhibit 99.1
SCHEDULE 5
BLOCKLISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN
| To: | Listing Applications | ||
| UK Listing Authority | |||
| Financial Services Authority | |||
| 25, The North Colonnade | |||
| Canary Wharf | |||
| London, E14 5HS | |||
Please ensure the entries on this return are typed
1. Name of company
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
2. Name of scheme
Six Continents Employee Share Save Schemes
3. Period of return:
| From | 15 April 2004 | To | 15 October 2004 | ||||
| Name | Catherine Springett | ||
Address | Head of Secretariat | ||
Telephone | 01753 410 242 | ||
Exhibit 99.2
SCHEDULE 5
BLOCKLISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN
| To: | Listing Applications | ||
| UK Listing Authority | |||
| Financial Services Authority | |||
| 25, The North Colonnade | |||
| Canary Wharf | |||
| London, E14 5HS | |||
Please ensure the entries on this return are typed
1. Name of company
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
2. Name of scheme
Six Continents Executive Share Option Schemes
3. Period of return:
| From | 15 April 2004 | To | 15 October 2004 | ||||
4. Number and class of shares(s) (amount of stock / debt security) not issued
under scheme
4,774,047 Ordinary shares
5. Number of shares issued / allotted under scheme during period:
2,932,326
6. Balance under scheme not yet issued / allotted at end of period
1,841,721
7. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock / debt securities) originally
listed and the date of admission;
2,500,000 Ordinary shares, 12 May 2003
Please confirm total number of shares in issue at the end of the period in order
for us to update our records
700,068,691
Contact for queries
| Name | Catherine Springett | ||
Address | Head of Secretariat | ||
Telephone | 01753 410 242 | ||
Exhibit 99.3
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc: Purchase of Own Shares
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc announces that today it purchased for
cancellation 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 654.9363p per share.
Exhibit 99.4
SCHEDULE 11
NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
1. Name of company
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
2. Name of director(s)
Technical interest of all Executive Directors in common with all potential
beneficiaries in an Employee Share Ownership Trust
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest
Shares held by the InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Employee Share Ownership
Trust (Jersey)
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)
Greenwood Nominees Limited, Account no 522000
5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)
No
6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary
Purchase to satisfy Company share option plans
7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
2,640,572
8. Percentage of issued class
N/A
9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A
10. Percentage of issued class
N/A
11. Class of security
Ordinary shares of £1.00 each
12. Price per share
£6.569078
13. Date of transaction
14 September 2004
14. Date company informed
15 September 2004
15. Total holding in the Trust following this notification
2,956,956 Ordinary shares
16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
Negligible
If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.
17. Date of grant
N/A
18. Period during which or date on which exercisable
N/A
19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option
N/A
20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number
N/A
21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise
N/A
22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
notification
N/A
23. Any additional information
N/A
24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Liz Searle 01753 540246
25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Chloe Cox
Company Secretarial Officer
Date of Notification
18 October 2004
The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this
document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.
The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise
from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in
it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or
any such material.
Exhibit 99.5
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc: Purchase of Own Shares
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc announces that today it purchased for
cancellation 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 653.7668p per share.
Exhibit 99.6
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc: Purchase of Own Shares
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc announces that today it purchased for
cancellation 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 671.1768p per share.
Exhibit 99.7
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc: Purchase of Own Shares
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc announces that today it purchased for
cancellation 200,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 656.8589p per share.
Exhibit 99.8
SCHEDULE 11
NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
1. Name of company
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
2. Name of director(s)
Technical interest of all Executive Directors in common with all potential
beneficiaries in an Employee Share Ownership Trust
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest
Shares held by the InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Employee Share Ownership
Trust (Jersey)
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)
Greenwood Nominees Limited, Account no 522000
5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)
No
6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary
Release of shares to participants (not directors) under an Executive Share
Option Plan
7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
N/A
8. Percentage of issued class
N/A
9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
110,974
10. Percentage of issued class
N/A
11. Class of security
Ordinary shares of £1.00 each
12. Price per share
N/A
13. Date of transactions
18 & 20 October 2004
14. Date company informed
21 October 2004
15. Total holding in the Trust following this notification
2,845,982 Ordinary shares
16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
Negligible
If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.
17. Date of grant
N/A
18. Period during which or date on which exercisable
N/A
19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option
N/A
20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number
N/A
21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise
N/A
22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
notification
N/A
23. Any additional information
N/A
24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Chloe Cox 01753 410244
25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Chloe Cox
Company Secretarial Officer
Date of Notification
21 October 2004
The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this
document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.
The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise
from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in
it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or
any such material.
Exhibit 99.9
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc: Purchase of Own Shares
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc announces that today it purchased for
cancellation 300,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 663.7948p per share.
Exhibit 99.10
22 October 2004
RICHARD SOLOMONS APPOINTED
CHAIRMAN OF BRITANNIA SOFT DRINKS
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announces that Richard Solomons,
finance director of IHG, has been appointed as chairman of its subsidiary
Britannia Soft Drinks Ltd, the holding company for Britvic Soft Drinks.
Richard Solomons takes up this non-executive appointment with immediate effect
and replaces Richard North who resigned as chairman of Britannia at the end of
September 2004. He is already a non-executive board member of Britannia Soft
Drinks and previously worked at Britvic between 1996 and 1999, latterly as
finance director.
-ends-
For further information please contact InterContinental Hotels Group's press
office:
Dee Cayhill/Leslie McGibbon 01753 410 423/01753 410425
Note to Editors:
InterContinental Hotels Group
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom (LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG
(ADRs)) is the world's most global hotel company and the largest by number of
rooms. InterContinental Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises,
through various subsidiaries, more than 3,500 hotels and 538,000 guest rooms in
nearly 100 countries and territories around the world (www.ichotelsgroup.com).
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 Indigo™.It also has a controlling
interest in Britvic, the second largest soft drinks manufacturer in the UK.
For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group, visit our online Press
Office at www.ihgplc.com/media
Exhibit 99.11
SCHEDULE 11
NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
1. Name of company
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
2. Name of director
Richard Hartman
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest
Director
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)
Richard Hartman
5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)
N/A
6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary
Purchase
7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
7,933 Ordinary Shares
8. Percentage of issued class
Negligible
9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A
10. Percentage of issued class
N/A
11. Class of security
£1 Ordinary Shares
12. Price per share
US$11.875
13. Date of transaction
15 October 2004
14. Date company informed
22 October 2004
15. Total holding following this notification
50,678
16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
Negligible
If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.
17. Date of grant
N/A
18. Period during which or date on which exercisable
N/A
19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option
N/A
20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number
N/A
21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise
N/A
22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
notification
N/A
23. Any additional information
N/A
24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Chloe Cox 01753 410 244
25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Chloe Cox
Date of Notification
22 October 2004
The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this
document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.
The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise
from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in
it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or
any such material.
Exhibit 99.12
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc: Purchase of Own Shares
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc announces that today it purchased for
cancellation 300,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 675.6133p per share.
Exhibit 99.13
SCHEDULE 11
NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
1. Name of company
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
2. Name of director(s)
Technical interest of all Executive Directors in common with all potential
beneficiaries in an Employee Share Ownership Trust
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest
Shares held by the InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Employee Share Ownership
Trust (Jersey)
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)
Greenwood Nominees Limited, Account no 522000
5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)
No
6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary
Release of shares to participants (not directors) under an Executive Share
Option Plan
7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
N/A
8. Percentage of issued class
N/A
9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
24,280
10. Percentage of issued class
N/A
11. Class of security
Ordinary shares of £1.00 each
12. Price per share
N/A
13. Date of transactions
25 October 2004
14. Date company informed
25 October 2004
15. Total holding in the Trust following this notification
2,821,702 Ordinary shares
16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
Negligible
If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.
17. Date of grant
N/A
18. Period during which or date on which exercisable
N/A
19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option
N/A
20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number
N/A
21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise
N/A
22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
notification
N/A
23. Any additional information
N/A
24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Liz Searle 01753 410246
25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Liz Searle
Company Secretarial Assistant
Date of Notification
25 October 2004
The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this
document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.
The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise
from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in
it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or
any such material.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| InterContinental Hotels Group PLC | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ C. Cox | |
| Name: | C. COX | |
| Title: | COMPANY SECRETARIAL OFFICER | |
| Date: | 29 October 2004 | |