SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington
DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 AND 15d-16
OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For 17
February 2026
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
(Registrant's
name)
1
Windsor Dials, Arthur Road, Windsor, SL4 1RS, United
Kingdom
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F
Form 40-F
EXHIBIT
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99.1
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Share
Buyback Programme dated 17 February 2026
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17 February 2026
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (the "Company")
Purchase of own shares
The Company announces that it will commence a share buyback
programme to purchase ordinary shares of 20340/399 pence
each in the Company ("Shares") with aggregate value of up to USD 950 million
(the "Programme") in line with its strategy to return surplus
capital to shareholders.
In connection with the Programme, the Company has entered into an
agreement with Goldman Sachs International ("GSI") in relation to the purchase by GSI, acting
as principal and in accordance with certain pre-set parameters, of
Shares. Under this agreement, the Company has instructed GSI to
purchase Shares with an aggregate value of up to USD 950 million.
Purchases of the Company's Shares pursuant to the Programme will
commence immediately and will end no later than 29 December 2026.
GSI will make trading decisions in relation to the Programme
independently of, and uninfluenced by, the Company with regard to
the timing of the purchases. Any purchase of Shares by GSI
contemplated by this announcement will be carried out on the London
Stock Exchange, Cboe Europe Limited through the BXE and CXE order
books and/or on Turquoise and/or Aquis. Shares purchased by GSI
will be on-sold by GSI to the Company, and any purchases of Shares
by the Company from GSI under the Programme will be carried out on
the London Stock Exchange.
The purpose of the Programme is to reduce the issued share capital
of the Company and the Shares purchased will be
cancelled.
Any purchases under the Programme shall take place in accordance
with (and subject to the limits prescribed by) the Company's
general authority to repurchase Shares granted by its shareholders
at the Annual General Meeting on 8 May 2025 (the
"2025
Authority") and any further
authority to repurchase Shares as may be granted by its
shareholders from time to time and Chapter 9 of the Financial
Conduct Authority's Listing Rules. The maximum number of Shares
that the Company is authorised to purchase under the 2025 Authority
is 11,073,831 (taking into account Shares purchased by the Company
prior to 17 February 2026). Purchases of Shares by GSI under the
Programme shall also take place in accordance with the Market Abuse
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and Commission Delegated Regulation
(EU) No 2016/1052 (each as incorporated into UK domestic law by
virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act
2018).
The Company will make further regulatory announcements to
shareholders in respect of purchases of Shares under the Programme
as they occur.
For further information, please contact:
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Investor Relations:
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Stuart
Ford (+44 (0)7823 828 739); Kate Carpenter (+44 (0)7825 655
702);
Joe
Simpson (+44 (0)7976 862 072)
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Media Relations:
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Neil Maidment (+44 (0)7970 668 250); Mike Ward (+44 (0)7795 257
407)
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About IHG Hotels & Resorts:
IHG Hotels & Resorts (tickers: LON:IHG for Ordinary
Shares; NYSE:IHG for ADRs) is a global hospitality
company, with a purpose to provide True Hospitality for
Good.
With a family of 20 hotel brands
and IHG
One Rewards,
one of the world's largest hotel loyalty programmes with over
160 million members, IHG has more than one
million rooms across 6,963 open hotels in
over 100 countries, and a development pipeline of a
further 2,300 properties.
● Luxury
& Lifestyle: Six
Senses, Regent
Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental
Hotels & Resorts, Vignette
Collection, Kimpton Hotels &
Restaurants, Hotel
Indigo
● Premium: voco
hotels, Ruby, HUALUXE
Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels
& Resorts, EVEN
Hotels
● Essentials: Holiday
Inn Express, Holiday Inn Hotels
& Resorts, Garner
hotels, avid
hotels
● Suites: Atwell
Suites, Staybridge
Suites, Holiday
Inn Club Vacations, Candlewood
Suites
● Exclusive Partners: Iberostar
Beachfront Resorts
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company
and is incorporated and registered in England and Wales.
Approximately 400,000 people work across IHG's hotels and
corporate offices globally.
Visit us online for more about our hotels and
reservations and IHG One
Rewards. To download the
IHG One Rewards app, visit the Apple
App or Google
Play stores.
For our latest news, visit our Newsroom and
follow us on LinkedIn.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
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(Registrant)
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By:
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/s/ C.
Bates
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Name:
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C.
BATES
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Title:
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SENIOR
ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY
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Date:
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17
February 2026
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