InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Announces Transaction in Own Shares - October 24
Rhea-AI Summary
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced the purchase of 40,000 of its ordinary shares through Goldman Sachs International on the London Stock Exchange on October 23, 2024. The shares were bought at prices ranging from £85.18 to £87.62, with an average price of £85.9974 per share. This purchase was made under shareholder authority granted at the Company's Annual General Meeting on May 3, 2024.
The company intends to cancel the purchased shares. Following this transaction, IHG has 159,059,444 ordinary shares in issue, excluding 6,956,782 shares held in treasury. The purchase was split between 30,000 shares on the London Stock Exchange and 10,000 shares on Cboe BXE.
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News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, IHG declined 0.43%, reflecting a mild negative market reaction.
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Purchase of own shares
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM / ACCESSWIRE / October 24, 2024 / The Company announces that on 23 October 2024 it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 20340/399pence each through Goldman Sachs International ("GSI") on the London Stock Exchange in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 3 May 2024 (the "Purchase"). The Purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued by the Company on 20 February 2024, as announced on 20 February 2024.
Date of purchase: | 23 October 2024 |
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The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Following the above transaction, the Company has 159,059,444 ordinary shares in issue (excluding 6,956,782 held in treasury).
A full breakdown of the individual purchases by GSI is included below.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3787J_1-2024-10-23.pdf
Enquiries to:
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC:
Investor Relations: Stuart Ford (+44 (0)7823 828 739); Joe Simpson (+44 (0)7976 862 072)
Media Relations: Mike Ward (+44 (0)7795 257 407)
Schedule of Purchases
Shares purchased: 40,000 (ISIN: GB00BHJYC057)
Date of purchases: 23 October 2024
Investment firm: GSI
Aggregated information:
| London Stock Exchange | Cboe BXE | Cboe CXE | Turquoise |
Number of ordinary shares purchased | 30,000 |
| 10,000 |
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Highest price paid (per ordinary share) | £ 87.6200 |
| £ 87.5000 |
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Lowest price paid (per ordinary share) | £ 85.1800 |
| £ 85.1800 |
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Volume weighted average price paid(per ordinary share) | £ 85.9947 |
| £ 86.0055 |
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SOURCE: InterContinental Hotels Group PLC.
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