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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 61) 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 25 February 2005. This information was provided by ING Verzekeringen N.V. at various dates over the preceding
six months and by Aegon Levensverzekering N.V. on 23 February 2005.
ING Verzekeringen N.V.
• 7 669 455 (1.34%) ordinary shares (€3 897 877)
• 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)
• 16 013 355 (7.57%) 5 euro cents Cumulative Preference Shares (€726 654)
Aegon Levensverzekering N.V.
• 340 346 (0.05%) ordinary shares (€172 975)
• 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 61). There have
been no material changes to the holdings of significant shareholders of NV during the three years up to and including 2004.
Significant shareholders of PLC
The following table gives details of shareholders who held more than 3% of PLC’s shares or deferred stock on 25 February 2005. 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. 144 557 853 5
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 28 February 2004 the Fidelity Management and Research Company held more than 3% of PLC’s
ordinary shares, but as at 29 March 2004 the holding fell below 3%. After 28 February 2004 Barclays PLC became a significant
shareholder with over 3% of PLC’s ordinary shares on three occasions, each time subsequently falling back below 3%. On 6 October
2004 their holding fell below 3% and there have been no further movements since. There have been no other reportable changes to
the holdings of significant shareholders of PLC during the three years up to and including 2004.
Analysis of PLC registered holdings
At 31 December 2004 PLC had 86 566 ordinary shareholdings.
The following table analyses the registered holdings of PLC’s 1.4p ordinary shares at 31 December 2004:
Number Total
Number of shares of holdings % shares held %
1 – 1 000 33 165 38.31 18 190 424 0.62
1 001 – 2 500 25 072 28.96 41 524 017 1.43
2 501 – 5 000 13 887 16.04 49 725 269 1.71
5 001 – 10 000 8 057 9.31 56 728 685 1.95
10 001 – 25 000 3 996 4.62 60 156 095 2.07
25 001 – 50 000 908 1.05 31 212 940 1.07
50 001 – 100 000 443 0.51 30 988 253 1.06
100 001 –1 000 000 739 0.85 257 392 995 8.84
Over1 000 000 299 0.35 2 365 539 902 81.25
86 566 100.00 2 911 458 580 100.00