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Registrar
For enquiries concerning individual shareholdings and for
information on a range of shareholder services please refer to the
Company’s Registrar, Lloyds TSB Registrars, at the address shown
on the opposite page.
Electronic communication
The Company has given e-mail notification, to those shareholders
who have requested it, of the availability of this Annual Report and
Financial Statements, the Annual Review and Summary Financial
Statement, and the Notice of Annual General Meeting (AGM), on the
Company’s website at www.ihg.com/shareholders
Shareholders may appoint electronically a proxy to vote on their
behalf on any poll that may be held at the forthcoming AGM.
Shareholders who hold their shares through CREST may appoint
proxies through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service,
by using the procedures described in the CREST manual.
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
The Company offers a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP).
This provides the opportunity for shareholders to use their cash
dividends to buy more IHG shares. For further information about
the DRIP, please contact our Registrar helpline on 0870 241 3018.
Special dividend and share consolidation 2006
On 22 June 2006, the Company paid a special dividend of 118p
per ordinary share to shareholders on the Register at the close of
business on 9 June 2006. As approved by shareholders on 1 June
2006, the special dividend was accompanied by a consolidation of
the Company’s share capital, effective from 12 June 2006, whereby
shareholders received seven new ordinary shares of 113⁄7p each for
every eight existing ordinary shares of 10p each held on 9 June 2006.
Share price information
Changes to the base cost of IHG shares
Details of all the changes to the base cost of IHG shares held
since April 2003 up to September 2006, for UK Capital Gains Tax
purposes, may be found on the Company’s website at
www.ihg.com/cgt
These cover changes associated with:
• the separation of Six Continents PLC in April 2003;
• the share consolidation associated with the special
dividend paid in December 2004;
• the capital reorganisation of the Group completed
in June 2005; and
• the share consolidation associated with the special
dividend paid in June 2006.
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)
The Company’s shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange
in the form of American Depositary Shares, evidenced by ADRs and
traded under the symbol ‘IHG’.
Each ADR represents one ordinary share. All enquiries regarding
ADR holder accounts and payment of dividends should be directed
to JPMorgan, the authorised depositary bank, at the address
shown opposite.
Form 20-F
The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US and files
with the SEC an Annual Report on Form 20-F. The Form 20-F
can be found on the Company’s website www.ihg.com/corporate
or by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
Investor information
96 IHG Annual report and financial statements 2006
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Share price 2006: InterContinental Hotels Group PLC v FTSE 100
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06 1262p
05 839.5p
04 647.5p
03 529p
IHG year end share price