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Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2006 141
Shareholder information
Shareholder information
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 Act on Financial Supervision in the Netherlands) in
the NV share capital (apart from the Foundation Unilever NV Trust Office, see page 41) are ING Groep N.V. and Aegon N.V. The voting
rights of such shareholders are the same as for other holders of the class of share indicated. ING Groep N.V. and Aegon N.V. have each
notified the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) that as of 1 November 2006 respectively ING Groep N.V. holds
indirectly an interest in the NV issued share capital of 22.17% and Aegon N.V. holds indirectly an interest of 5.57%. Both interests
are mainly held in cumulative preference shares as shown hereunder.
ING Groep N.V.
• 26 828 546 (1.57%) ordinary shares (€4 292 567)
• 20 665 (71.26%) 7% cumulative preference shares (€8 856 399)
• 120 088 (74.56%) 6% cumulative preference shares (€51 466 114)
• 504 440 (67.26%) 4% cumulative preference shares (€21 620 298)
Aegon N.V.
• 836 409 (0.05%) ordinary shares (€133 825)
• 4 995 (17.22%) 7% cumulative preference shares (€2 140 707)
• 29 540 (18.34%) 6% cumulative preference shares (€12 659 957)
• 157 106 (20.95%) 4% cumulative preference shares (€6 733 563)
There have been no material changes to the holdings of significant shareholders of NV during the three years up to and including 2006.
Significant shareholders of PLC
The following table gives notified details of shareholders who held morethan 3% of, or 3% of voting rights attributable to, PLC’s
shares or deferred stock (excluding treasury shares) on 1 March 2007. The voting rights of such shareholders are the same as for other
holders of the class of share indicated.
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 70 566 764 5
Legal & General Group plc 45 027 609 3
Barclays PLC 40 319 254 3
Between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2006, Barclays PLC, The Capital Group Companies, inc., Fidelity Management and Research
Company, and Legal & General Group plc have held more than 3% of, or 3% of voting rights attributable to, PLC’s ordinary shares.
During this period, and as notified, certain of these holdings reduced to below the reporting 3% threshold. The table above sets out
the notifiable interest of shares or voting rights attributable to PLC as at 1 March 2007.