Six Continents was a large British

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-based retail business which was listed on the London Stock Exchange

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 and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index

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History

The Company was formed in June 2000 when the brewing business of Bass plc was sold to the Belgian brewer Interbrew (now AB InBev) and the remaining hotel and pub holdings were renamed Six Continents plc.

In 2003 it split into a pubs business, now known as Mitchells & Butlers

Mitchells & Butlers

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, and a hotels and soft drinks business, now known as InterContinental Hotels Group

InterContinental Hotels Group

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