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Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2002
142 Analysis of shareholding
Significant shareholders of NV
As far as we are aware the only holders of more than 5% of any class of NV shares (apart from Nedamtrust, see page 141)
are Nationale Nederlanden N.V. and Aegon Levensverzekering N.V. The voting rights of such shareholders are the same as
for other holders of the class of share indicated. Details of such holdings on 28 February 2003 are as follows:
Nationale Nederlanden N.V.
•13 709 019 (2.40%) ordinary shares (6 967 387)
•20 670 (71.26%) 7% Cumulative Preference Shares (9 377 595)
•120 092 (74.56%) 6% Cumulative Preference Shares (54 493 740)
•504 440 (67.26%) 4% Cumulative Preference Shares (22 890 489)
•21 013 355 (9.94%) 5 euro cents Cumulative Preference Shares (953 545)
Aegon Levensverzekering N.V.
•458 560 (0.08%) ordinary shares (233 056)
•4 998 (17.23%) 7% Cumulative Preference Shares (2 266 768)
•29 540 (18.34%) 6% Cumulative Preference Shares (13 404 668)
•157 106 (20.95%) 4% Cumulative Preference Shares (7 129 159)
Some of the above holdings are in the form of depositary receipts against NV shares issued by Nedamtrust (see page 141).
There have been no material changes to the holdings of significant shareholders of NV during the three years up to and
including 2002.
Significant shareholders of PLC
The following table gives details of shareholders who held more than 3% of PLC’s shares or deferred stock on 28 February
2003. The voting rights of such shareholders are the same as for other holders of the class of share indicated. We take this
information from the register we hold under section 211 of the UK Companies Act 1985.
Number of Approximate
Title of class Name of holder shares held % held
Deferred Stock Naamlooze Vennootschap Elma £50 000 50
United Holdings Limited £50 000 50
Ordinary shares Trustees of the Leverhulme Trust and the
Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust 156 815 034 5
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 145 115 954 4
Fidelity Management and Research Company 87 795 464 3
The holding by The Capital Group Companies, Inc. is on behalf of affiliated investment management companies and that of
Fidelity Management and Research Company is on behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity
International Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. These holdings were first notified to PLC in November 2000
and September 2002 respectively. In September 2002 Brandes Investment Partners, which had held 7% in 2000, 6% in 2001
and a reducing percentage during 2002, ceased to be a significant shareholder of PLC. In May 2000 the Prudential
Corporation plc ceased to be a significant shareholder of PLC. Otherwise, there have been no changes to the holdings of
significant shareholders of PLC during the three years up to and including 2002.
Analysis of PLC registered holdings
At 31 December 2002 PLC had 95 424 ordinary shareholdings.
The following table analyses the registered holdings of PLC’s 1.4p ordinary shares at 31 December 2002:
Number Total
Number of shares of holdings % shares held %
1 – 1 000 34 689 36.35 19 324 029 0.67
1 001 – 2 500 27 247 28.55 45 212 563 1.55
2 501 – 5 000 16 019 16.79 57 395 093 1.97
5 001 – 10 000 9 594 10.05 67 603 418 2.32
10 001 – 25 000 4 970 5.21 74 898 667 2.57
25 001 – 50 000 1 130 1.18 39 066 620 1.34
50 001 – 100 000 597 0.63 43 007 387 1.48
100 001 – 1 000 000 863 0.91 275 360 264 9.46
Over 1 000 000 315 0.33 2 289 590 539 78.64
95 424 100.00 2 911 458 580 100.00