EX-99 12 b74480xex99-9.htm Prepared and filed by St Ives Burrups

Exhibit 99.9


RNS Number: 7046W
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
18 March 2004

Intercontinental Hotels Group plc: Purchase of Own Shares

Intercontinental Hotels Group plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 750,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 506.4309p per share.

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The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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