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Shareholder information
144 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2009
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 58, and shares held in treasury by NV, see page 58)
are ING Groep N.V. (‘ING’), ASR Nederland N.V. (‘ASR’) and AEGON N.V. (‘AEGON’).
The voting rights of such shareholders are the same as for other holders of the class of share indicated. The three shareholders have each
notified the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) of their holdings. Detailed below are the interests in NV shares
provided to the Company by ING, ASR and AEGON in the second half of 2009. All interests are mainly held in cumulative preference
shares.
ING
• 8,613,107 (0.50%) ordinary shares (€1,378,097)
• 20,665 (71.26%) 7% cumulative preference shares (€8,856,399)
• 74,088 (46.0%) 6% cumulative preference shares (€31,751,894)
• 504,440 (67.26%) 4% cumulative preference shares (€21,620,298)
ASR
• 2,680,897 (0.16%) ordinary shares (€428,944)
• 46,000 (28.56%) 6% cumulative preference shares (€19,714,220)
AEGON
• 1,261,726 (0.07%) ordinary shares (€201,876)
• 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)
Between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2009, ING and AEGON have held more than 5% in the share capital of NV. As from July
2007 ASR (previously Fortis Utrecht N.V.) have held more than 5% in the share capital of NV.
Significant shareholders of PLC
The following table gives notified details of shareholders who held more than 3% of, or 3% of voting rights attributable to, PLC’s shares
or deferred stock (excluding treasury shares) on 1 March 2010. 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 BlackRock, Inc. 74,570,243 6
Trustees of the Leverhulme Trust and the
Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust 70,566,764 5
Legal & General Group plc 54,184,916 4
Between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2009, Barclays PLC, Legal & General Group plc and BlackRock, Inc. 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 2010.