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156 Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2003
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 Nedamtrust, see page 155) 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. Details
of such holdings on 28 February 2004 are as follows:
ING Verzekeringen N.V.
• 13 361 212 (2.34%) ordinary shares (€6 790 620)
• 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.
• 954 004 (0.17%) ordinary shares (€484 857)
• 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 155). There have
been no material changes to the holdings of significant shareholders of NV during the three years up to and including 2003.
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 2004. 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. 175 449 638 6
Fidelity Management and Research Company 89 960 428 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. The holding by 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 and was first notified to PLC in
September 2002. Between December 2003 and February 2004 the holding by Fidelity Management and Research Company went
below 3% on two occasions. In January 2004 Barclays PLC became a significant shareholder with 3% of PLC’s ordinary shares, (the
holding was primarily non-beneficial), but as at 28 January 2004 the holding fell below 3%. Otherwise there have been no other
changes to the holdings of significant shareholders of PLC during the three years up to and including 2003.
Analysis of PLC registered holdings
At 31 December 2003 PLC had 93 561 ordinary shareholdings.
The following table analyses the registered holdings of PLC’s 1.4p ordinary shares at 31 December 2003:
Number Total
Number of shares of holdings % shares held %
1 – 1 000 35 261 37.69 19 449 068 0.67
1 001 – 2 500 26 895 28.75 44 619 046 1.53
2 501 – 5 000 15 298 16.35 54 725 709 1.88
5 001 – 10 000 8 958 9.57 63 063 798 2.17
10 001 – 25 000 4 529 4.84 68 341 543 2.35
25 001 – 50 000 1 033 1.10 35 872 805 1.23
50 001 – 100 000 507 0.54 36 122 254 1.24
100 001 –1 000 000 765 0.82 263 590 737 9.05
Over1 000 000 315 0.34 2 325 673 620 79.88
93 561 100.00 2 911 458 580 100.00