INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC /NEW/
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 26, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Feb 26, 2026
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Contents
Form 20-F cross-reference guide
The table below references information in this document that will be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F
for 2025 filed with the SEC.
| Item · Form 20-F caption · Location in this document · Page | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identity of Directors, senior management and advisers | Not applicable | – | |||
| 2 | Offer statistics and expected timetable | Not applicable | – | |||
| 3 | Key information | |||||
| 3A – Selected financial data | Shareholder information: Dividend history | 286 | ||||
| 3B – Capitalisation and indebtedness | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 3C – Reason for the offer and use of proceeds | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 3D – Risk factors | Group information: Risk factors | 264–271 | ||||
| 4 | Information on the Company | |||||
| 4A – History and development of the Company | Group information: History and developments | 264 | ||||
| Shareholder information: Return of funds | 285 | |||||
| Useful information: Contacts | 302 | |||||
| 4B – Business overview | Strategic Report | 4–114 | ||||
| Group information: Working Time Regulations 1998 | 277 | |||||
| Group Information: Risk factors | 264–271 | |||||
| Directors’ Report: Business relationships with suppliers, customers and others | 262 | |||||
| 4C – Organisational structure | Strategic Report: Our culture | 56–61 | ||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 32 – Group companies | 237–240 | |||||
| Group Information: History and developments | 264 | |||||
| 4D – Property, plant and equipment | Strategic Report: Key performance indicators | 40–43 | ||||
| Strategic Report: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions | 82–83 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 12 – Property, plant and equipment | 210 | |||||
| 4A | Unresolved staff comments | None | – | |||
| 5 | Operating and financial review and prospects | |||||
| 5A – Operating results | Strategic Report: Key performance indicators | 40–43 | ||||
| Strategic Report: Performance | 86–112 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Accounting policies | 183–194 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: New accounting standards | 194 | |||||
| Viability statement | 113–114 | |||||
| 5B – Liquidity and capital resources | Strategic Report: Our Business Model – Capital allocation and dividend policy | 26–27 | ||||
| Viability statement | 113–114 | |||||
| Strategic Report: Performance – Sources of liquidity | 90 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 17 – Cash and cash equivalents | 215–216 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 21 – Loans and other borrowings | 218 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 23 – Financial risk management and derivative financial instruments | 220–224 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 24 – Classification and measurement of financial instruments | 224–226 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 25 – Reconciliation of (loss)/profit for the year to cash flow from operations before contract acquisition costs | 227 | |||||
| Additional Information: Forward-looking statements | 293 | |||||
| 5C – Research and development; intellectual property | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 5D – Trend information | Strategic Report: Performance | 86–112 | ||||
| Strategic Report: Trends shaping our industry | 22–23 | |||||
| 5E – Critical accounting estimates | Group Financial Statements: Critical accounting policies | 183, 244 | ||||
| Strategic Report | Governance | Group Financial Statements | Parent Company Financial Statements | Additional Information |
| Item · Form 20-F caption · Location in this document · Page | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Non-GAAP financial measures | Strategic Report: Performance | 86–112 | |||
| Other financial information | 250–259 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 22 – Net debt | 219–220 | |||||
| 6 | Directors, senior management and employees | |||||
| 6A – Directors and senior management | Governance: Our Board of Directors and Our Executive Committee (excluding the information under the heading ‘Information on Directors and Executive Committee Members’ on page 121) | 118–121 | ||||
| 6B – Compensation | Directors’ Remuneration Report | 138–161 | ||||
| Directors’ Remuneration Policy | 148–161 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 26 – Retirement benefits | 228–230 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 30 – Related party disclosures | 235 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 27 – Share-based payments | 231–232 | |||||
| 6C – Board practices | Governance structure and Board activities | 122–125 | ||||
| Executive Directors’ benefits upon termination of office | 273 | |||||
| 6D – Employees | Group Financial Statements: Note 4 – Staff costs and Directors’ remuneration | 199–200 | ||||
| Group information: Working Time Regulations 1998 | 277 | |||||
| Directors’ Report: Employees and Code of Conduct | 261–262 | |||||
| 6E – Share ownership | Directors’ Remuneration Report: Annual Report on Directors’ remuneration – Scheme interests awarded during 2025 | 151–152 | ||||
| Directors’ Remuneration Report: Annual Report on Directors’ remuneration – Shares and awards held by Executive Directors at 31 December 2025: number of shares | 153 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 27 – Share-based payments | 231–232 | |||||
| Group information: Directors’ and Executive Committee members’ shareholdings | 273 | |||||
| 6F – Disclosure of a registrant’s action to recover erroneously awarded compensation | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 7 | Major shareholders and related party transactions | |||||
| 7A – Major shareholders | Directors’ Report: Major institutional shareholders | 260 | ||||
| Shareholder information: Shareholder profiles | 287 | |||||
| 7B – Related party transactions | Group Financial Statements: Note 14 – Investment in associates and joint ventures | 213 | ||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 30 – Related party disclosures | 235 | |||||
| 7C – Interests of experts and counsel | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 8 | Financial Information | |||||
| 8A – Consolidated statements and other financial information | Directors’ Report: Dividends | 260 | ||||
| Group Financial Statements | 176–182 | |||||
| Group information: Legal proceedings | 279 | |||||
| Other financial information | 250–259 | |||||
| 8B – Significant changes | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 9 | The offer and listing | |||||
| 9A – Offer and listing details | Useful information: Trading markets | 300 | ||||
| 9B – Plan of distribution | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 9C – Markets | Useful information: Trading markets | 300 | ||||
| 9D – Selling shareholders | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 9E – Dilution | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 9F – Expenses of the issue | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 10 | Additional information | |||||
| 10A – Share capital | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 10B – Memorandum and articles of association | Group information: Articles of Association | 275–276 | ||||
| Group information: Rights attaching to shares | 275–276 | |||||
| 10C – Material contracts | Group information: Material contracts | 277–278 | ||||
Form 20-F cross-reference guide continued
| Item · Form 20-F caption · Location in this document · Page | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 10D – Exchange controls | Group information: Exchange controls and restrictions on payment of dividends | 278 | |||
| 10E – Taxation | Shareholder information: Taxation | 280–282 | ||||
| 10F – Dividends and paying agents | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 10G – Statement by experts | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 10H – Documents on display | Useful information: Investor information – Documents on display | 300 | ||||
| 10I – Subsidiary information | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 11 | Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk | Group Financial Statements: Note 23 – Financial risk management and derivative financial instruments | 220–224 | |||
| 12 | Description of securities other than equity securities | |||||
| 12A – Debt securities | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 12B – Warrants and rights | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 12C – Other securities | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 12D – American depositary shares | Group information: Description of securities other than equity securities | 274 | ||||
| Additional Information: Investor information | 300 | |||||
| Additional Information: Contacts | 302 | |||||
| 13 | Defaults, dividend arrearages and delinquencies | Not applicable | – | |||
| 14 | Material modifications to the rights of security holders and use of proceeds | Not applicable | – | |||
| 15 | Controls and procedures | Shareholder information: Disclosure controls and procedures | 283 | |||
| Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities: Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting | 165 | |||||
| Independent Auditor’s US Report | 174–175 | |||||
| 16 | 16A – Audit committee financial expert | Governance: Audit Committee Report | 128–133 | |||
| Shareholder information: Summary of significant corporate governance differences from NYSE listing standards – Committees | 284 | |||||
| 16B – Code of ethics | Directors’ Report: Code of Conduct | 262 | ||||
| Strategic Report: Our culture | 56–61 | |||||
| Shareholder information: Summary of significant corporate governance differences from NYSE listing standards | 284 | |||||
| 16C – Principal accountant fees and services | Governance: Audit Committee Report – External auditor | 131 | ||||
| Governance: Audit Committee Report – Non-audit services | 130 | |||||
| Group Financial Statements: Note 5 – Auditor’s remuneration | 200 | |||||
| 16D – Exemptions from the listing standards for audit committees | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 16E – Purchase of equity securities by the issuer and affiliated purchasers | Shareholder information: Purchases of equity securities by the Company and affiliated purchasers | 286 | ||||
| 16F – Change in registrant’s certifying accountant | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 16G – Corporate Governance | Shareholder information: Summary of significant corporate governance differences from NYSE listing standards | 284 | ||||
| 16H – Mine safety disclosure | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 16I – Disclosure regarding foreign jurisdictions that prevent inspections | Not applicable | – | ||||
| 16J – Insider trading policies | Additional Information: Insider trading policy | 283 | ||||
| 16K – Cybersecurity | Additional Information: Cybersecurity | 272–273 | ||||
| 17 | Financial statements | Group Financial StatementsSchedule 1: Parent Company condensed financial information | 176–182288–291 | |||
| 18 | Financial statements | Group Financial StatementsSchedule 1: Parent Company condensed financial information | 176–182288–291 | |||
| 19 | Exhibits | Additional Information: Exhibits | 292 | |||
| Strategic Report | Governance | Group Financial Statements | Parent Company Financial Statements | Additional Information |
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