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Equity
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
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Equity
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. Equity
Equity share capital
 
   
Number
of shares
millions
   
Nominal
value
$m
   
Share
premium
$m
   
Equity
share
capital
$m
 
Allotted, called up and fully paid
                    
At 1 January 2017 (ordinary shares
of 18
318
/
329
p each)
   206    48    93    141 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Share capital consolidation
   (9)    —      —      —   
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Exchange adjustments
   —      5    8    13 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
At 31 December 2017 (ordinary shares
of 19
17
/
21
p each)
   197    53    101    154 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Exchange adjustments
   —      (3)    (5)    (8) 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
At 31 December 2018 (ordinary shares
of 19
17
/
21
p each)
   197    50    96    146 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Share capital consolidation
   (10)    —      —      —   
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Exchange adjustments
  
 
—
 
  
 
2
 
  
 
3
 
  
 
5
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
At 31 December 2019 (ordinary shares of 20
340
/
399
p each)
  
 
187
 
  
 
52
 
  
 
99
 
  
 
151
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
The authority given to the Company at the AGM held on 3 May 2019 to purchase its own shares was still valid at 31 December 2019.
 A resolution to renew the authority will be put to shareholders at the AGM on 7 May 20
20
.
The Company no longer has an authorised share capital.
On 21 February 2017, the Group announced a $400m return of funds to shareholders by way of a special dividend and share consolidation. On 5 May 2017, shareholders approved the share consolidation on the basis of
45
new ordinary shares of 19
17
⁄
21
p per share for
every 47
existing ordinary shares of 18
318
⁄
329
p, which became effective
on 8 May 2017. The special dividend was paid to shareholders on 22 May 2017. The dividend and share consolidation had the same economic effect as a share repurchase at fair value, therefore previously reported earnings per share ha
d
 not been restated.
In October 2018, the Group announced a $500m return of funds to shareholders by way of a special dividend and share consolidation. On 11 January 2019, shareholders approved the share consolidation on the basis of 19
new ordinary shares of 20
340
⁄
399
p per share for
 
every 20
existing ordinary shares of 19
17
⁄
21
p, which became effective
 
on 14 January 2019 and resulted in the consolidation of 10m shares. The special dividend was paid on 29 January 2019 at a cost of $
510
m. The dividend and share consolidation had the same economic effect as a share repurchase at fair value, therefore
previously
reported earnings per share
has
not
been
restated.
At 31 December 201
9
, the balance classified as equity share capital includes the total net proceeds (both nominal value and share premium) on issue of the Company’s equity share capital,
comprising 20
340
⁄
399
p shares. The share premium reserve represents the amount of proceeds received for shares in excess of their nominal value.
The nature and purpose of the other reserves shown in the Group statement of changes in equity on pages
134
 to
136
 of the Group Financial Statements is as follows:
Capital redemption reserve
This reserve maintains the nominal value of the equity share capital of the Company when shares are repurchased or cancelled.
Shares held by employee share trusts
Comprises $
4.9
m (2018: $
3.6
m, 2017: $
5.4
m) in respect of 0.1m (2018: 0.2m, 2017: 0.2m) InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ordinary shares held by employee share trusts, with a market value at 31 December 2019 of $9.6m (2018: $8.3m, 2017: $12.1m).
Other reserves
Comprises the merger and revaluation reserves previously recognised under UK GAAP, together with the reserve arising as a consequence of the Group’s capital reorganisation in June 2005. The revaluation reserve relates to the previous revaluations of property, plant and equipment which were included at deemed cost on adoption of IFRS. Following the change in presentational currency to the US dollar in 2008, this reserve also includes exchange differences arising on retranslation to
period-end
exchange rates of equity share capital, the capital redemption reserve and shares held by employee share trusts.
Fair value reserve
This reserve records movements in the value of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income.
 
Cash flow hedging reserve
The cash flow hedging reserve is analysed as follows:
 
   
Cash flow hedging reserve
 
   
Value of
currency
swaps
   
Costs of
hedging
   
Total
 
   
$m
   
$m
   
$m
 
At 1 January 2018
   —    —    — 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Costs of hedging deferred and recognised in other comprehensive income
   —    (1)    (1) 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Change in fair value of currency swaps recognised in other comprehensive income
   4    —    4 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Reclassified from other comprehensive income to profit or loss – included in financial expenses
   (8)    —    (8) 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Deferred tax
   1    —    1 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
At 31 December 2018
   (3)    (1)    (4) 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Costs of hedging deferred and recognised in other comprehensive income
   
—
 
  
 
(6
) 
  
 
(6
) 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Change in fair value of currency swaps recognised in other comprehensive income
   
(34
) 
  
 
—
 
  
 
(34
) 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Reclassified from other comprehensive income to profit or loss – included in financial expenses
   
38
 
  
 
—
 
  
 
38
 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
At 31 December 2019
  
 
1
 
  
 
(7
) 
  
 
(6
) 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
V
alue of currency swaps comprises the effective portion of the cumulative net change in the fair value of hedging instruments used in cash flow hedges pending subsequent recognition in profit or loss.
C
osts of hedging reflects the gain or loss which is excluded from the designated hedging instrument relating to the foreign currency basis spread of currency swaps. It is initially recognised in other comprehensive income and accounted for similarly to changes in value of currency swaps.
Amounts reclassified from other comprehensive income to financial expenses comprise $8m (2018: $
1
m) net interest payable on the currency swaps and an exchange
loss
of $30m (2018: $
9m
 gain
)
which
offsets
a corresponding
gain/
loss on the €
500
m 2.125% bonds.
Currency translation reserve
This reserve records the movement in exchange differences arising from the translation of foreign operations and exchange differences on foreign currency borrowings and derivative
financial
instruments that provide a hedge against net investments in foreign operations. On adoption of IFRS, cumulative exchange differences were deemed to be $nil as permitted by IFRS 1.
The fair value of derivative
 
financial
instruments designated as hedges of net investments in foreign operations outstanding at 31 December 2019 was
$
1
m asset
(2018: $
1
m asset, 2017: $
nil
).
Treasury shares
During 2019,
0.8
m (2018:
0.8
m, 2017:
0.9
m) treasury shares were transferred to the employee share trusts. As a result of the 2019 share consolidation, the number of shares held in treasury reduced by
0.3
m during 2019 (2017: reduced by
0.4
m). At 31 December 2019,
5.7
m shares (2018:
6.8
m, 2017:
7.6
m) with a nominal value of $
1.6
m (2018: $
1.7
m, 2017: $
2.0
m) were held as treasury shares at cost and deducted from retained earnings.
Non-controlling
interest
A
non-controlling
interest is equity in a subsidiary of the Group not attributable, directly or indirectly, to the Group.
Non-controlling
interests are not material to the Group.