Unilever 1999 Annual Report Download - page 49

Further statutory information and other information
Unilever PLC
Capital and membership
At 31 December 1999 PLC had 117 980 ordinary shareholdings.
The following table analyses the registered holdings of PLC’s 1.4p ordinary shares at 31 December 1999.
Number Total
Number of shares of holdings % shares held %
1 – 1 000 40 749 34.54 22 855 828 0.78
1 001 – 2 500 34 850 29.54 57 350 097 1.97
2 501 – 5 000 20 302 17.21 72 263 890 2.48
5 001 – 10 000 12 247 10.38 85 908 494 2.95
10 001 – 25 000 6 467 5.48 97 409 085 3.35
25 001 – 50 000 1 498 1.27 51 534 218 1.77
50 001 – 100 000 684 0.58 47 274 912 1.62
100 001 – 1 000 000 870 0.74 273 248 508 9.39
Over 1 000 000 313 0.26 2 203 613 548 75.69
117 980 100.00 2 911 458 580 100.00
Substantial interests in the share capital of PLC
The Register maintained by PLC pursuant to Section 211 of the Companies Act 1985 shows that at the date of signing the Report and
Accounts 156 815 034 ordinary shares in PLC, representing approximately 5% of the issued ordinary capital, were held jointly by
Sir Michael Angus, The Rt Hon The Viscount Leverhulme, Sir Michael Perry, NWA FitzGerald and Dr J I W Anderson as trustees of the
Leverhulme Trust and the Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust.
The Register also shows the following interests in PLC’s Ordinary and Deferred capital on that date:
Approximate
Holder Class % held
Prudential Corporation plc Ordinary 3
N.V. Elma Deferred 50
United Holdings Limited Deferred 50
Directors’ interests
The Register of Directors’ Interests in the share capital of PLC and its subsidiaries, which contains full details of the directors’ PLC
shareholdings and options, is open to inspection by shareholders and will be open for inspection at the Annual General Meeting.
Employee involvement and communication
Unilever’s companies maintain formal processes to inform, consult and involve employees and their representatives. Most of the United
Kingdom sites are accredited to the Investors in People standard. The European Foundation for Quality Management’s model for
measuring Business Excellence, with its strong emphasis on maximising the potential of employees, is also widely employed.
A European Works Council, embracing employee and management representatives from 15 countries of Western Europe, has been in
existence for three years, and provides a forum for discussing issues that extend across national boundaries.
The directors’ reports of the United Kingdom group companies contain more details about how they have communicated with their
employees during 1999.
Equal opportunities and diversity
Every Unilever company in the United Kingdom has an equal opportunities policy and actively pursues equality of opportunity for all
employees.
During 1999, all United Kingdom companies committed to a major UK-wide action programme to accelerate progress in achieving
diversity. They are committed to having an even greater diversity at all levels within the organisation, and will continue to create an
environment in which individuals’ differences are appreciated and in which all employees feel valued and respected.
Charitable and other contributions
During the year group companies made financial contributions of £6 million to United Kingdom charitable organisations and assisted
them with a further £1 million of support in other forms. In addition, £100 000 was given to Britain in Europe. No contribution was made
for political purposes.
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