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180 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2005
Analysis of shareholding
Significant shareholders of NV
As far as we are aware the only holders of more than 5% (as referred to in the Disclosure of Major Holdings in Listed Companies Act
1996 in the Netherlands) of any class of NV shares (apart from Stichting Administratiekantoor Unilever N.V., see page 43) are ING
Verzekeringen 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. We have to rely on the information we receive from the holders about the details of their holdings. The
information we give below is the numbers we hold on 28 February 2006. This information was provided by ING Verzekeringen N.V. at
various dates over the preceding six months and by Aegon Levensverzekering N.V. on 28 February 2006.
ING Verzekeringen N.V.
• 8 504 215 (1.49%) ordinary shares (€4 322 130)
• 20 665 (71.26%) 7% cumulative preference shares (€9 377 368)
• 120 088 (74.56%) 6% cumulative preference shares (€54 493 559)
• 504 440 (67.26%) 4% cumulative preference shares (€22 890 489)
Aegon Levensverzekering N.V.
• 461 548 (0.08%) ordinary shares (€234 574)
• 4 995 (17.22%) 7% cumulative preference shares (€2 266 632)
• 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 Stichting Administratiekantoor Unilever
N.V. (see page 43). There have been no material changes to the holdings of significant shareholders of NV during the three years up to
and including 2005.
Significant shareholders of PLC
The following table gives details of shareholders who held more than 3% of PLC’s shares or deferred stock (excluding treasury shares)
on 28 February 2006. 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
Legal & General Group plc 116 106 618 4
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 115 155 283 4
On 21 April 2005, Barclays PLC became a significant shareholder with over 3% (87 704 743), however, on 8 June 2005 their holding
fell back below 3%. On 30 June 2005, Legal & General Group plc became a significant shareholder with over 3% (116 470 237), this
dropped to 116 106 618 on 5 July 2005 but still remained above 3%. The holding by The Capital Group Companies, Inc. is on behalf
of affiliated investment management companies and was first notified to PLC in November 2000. On 13 December 2005, The Capital
Group Companies holding fell from 144 557 853 to 115 155 283. There have been no material changes to the holdings of significant
shareholders of PLC during the three years up to and including 2005.
Analysis of PLC registered holdings
At 31 December 2005 PLC had 73 356 ordinary shareholdings.
The following table analyses the registered holdings of PLC’s 1.4p ordinary shares at 31 December 2005:
Number Total
Number of shares of holdings % shares held %
1 – 1 000 29 056 39.61 15 564 071 0.53
1 001 – 2 500 20 300 27.67 33 628 187 1.16
2 501 – 5 000 11 800 16.09 42 260 752 1.45
5 001 – 10 000 6 832 9.31 48 023 527 1.65
10 001 – 25 000 3 407 4.65 51 089 523 1.76
25 001 – 50 000 707 0.96 24 372 847 0.84
50 001 – 100 000 365 0.50 25 694 543 0.88
100 001 –1 000 000 593 0.81 206 247 609 7.08
Over1 000 000 296 0.40 2 464 577 521 84.65
73 356 100.00 2 911 458 580 100.00