Holiday Inn 2013 Annual Report Download - page 73

To enable as many shareholders as possible to access
conferencesand presentations, telephone dial-in facilities
are made available in advance and live audio webcasts
are made available after the presentation, together with
associated data and documentation. These can be found
at www.ihgplc.com/investors under financial library.
Currently around 30 sell-side research analysts publish research
on the Group; their details are available at www.ihgplc.com/investors
under analysts’ details.
Major institutional shareholders
The Board takes its responsibility to represent and promote
the interests of its shareholders seriously and believes it is
very important to fully engage with them. As far as is known
to management, IHG is not directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by another company or by any governments.
As at 17 February 2014, the Company had been notified of the following significant holdings in its ordinary shares under the UK Disclosure and
Transparency Rules:
Shareholder As at 17 February 2014 As at 18 February 2013 As at 13 February 2012
Ordinary shares/
ADSs %
Ordinary shares/
ADSs %
Ordinary shares/
ADSs %
Cedar Rock Capital Limited 14,923,417 5.07 14,923,417 5.07 14,923,417 5.07
BlackRock, Inc. 13,061,965 5.01 14,505,612 5.02 14,505,612 5.02
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 8,557,888 3.30 N/A N/A 14,495,664 5.02
The Company’s major shareholders have the same voting rights as other shareholders. The Company does not know of any arrangements,
the operation of which may result in a change in its control.
AGM
The AGM provides a useful forum for one-to-one communication with private shareholders, many of whom are also guests in our hotels.
At the AGM, shareholders receive presentations on the Company’s performance and may ask questions of the Board, including Patrick
Cescau and the Chairmen of the Committees.
The AGM will be at 11:00am on Friday 2 May 2014 and the notice convening this meeting will be sent to shareholders at the same time as
this Annual Report and Form 20-F.
Ernst & Young LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office as Auditor of the Company and their reappointment will be put
to shareholders at the AGM.
Meetings with major institutional shareholders
A programme of meetings throughout the year is arranged with major institutional shareholders. These meetings provide an opportunity
to discuss, using publicly-available information, the progress of the business, its performance, plans and objectives. Patrick Cescau,
David Kappler and other Non-Executive Directors are available to meet with major shareholders to understand their issues and concerns
and to discuss governance and strategy.
Board shareholder updates
Facilitated, structured meetings are encouraged with shareholders and any new Director is available for meetings with major
shareholders as a matter of course.
A formal external review of shareholder opinion is presented to the Board on an annual basis and both the Executive Committee and
the Board receive regular updates on shareholder relations.
Engagement on remuneration matters
Details of the Remuneration Committee’s engagement with shareholders is set out on page 85.
Re-engaging with ‘gone away’ shareholders
We continue to be supported by ProSearch to locate shareholders who have failed to keep their details up-to-date. To date, the
programme has been very successful and many asset reunifications have been made. For further information see page 181.
Director and Executive Committee shareholdings
Asat17 February 2014, Directors and Executive Committee members had the same number of beneficial interests in shares as at
31 December 2013, as set out in the table on page 72. These shareholdings include all beneficial interests and those held by Directors’
spouses and other connected persons. As at 17 February 2014, no Director or Executive Committee member held more
than 0.1% of the total issued share capital.
None of the Directorshave a beneficial interest in the shares of any subsidiary. The shareholdings set out below do not include Directors’
or Executive Committee members’ entitlements to share awards under the Company’s share plans. These are set out separately in the
Directors’ Remuneration Report on page 94 for the Directors and on page 167 for Executive Committee members.
Governance 71
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