EX-99 8 b74480xex99-5.htm Prepared and filed by St Ives Burrups

Exhibit 99.5


RNS Number: 4503W
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
11 March 2004

Intercontinental Hotels Group plc: Purchase of Own Shares

Intercontinental Hotels Group plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 550,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 516.96p per share.

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The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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