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Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2010 139
Shareholder information
Shareholder information
Share capital
NV’s issued share capital on 31 December 2010 was made up of:
• €274,356,432 split into 1,714,727,700 ordinary shares
of €0.16 each;
• €1,028,568 split into 2,400 ordinary shares numbered
1 to 2,400, known as special shares; and
• €81,454,014 split into several classes (6% and 7%) of
cumulative preference shares (‘financing preference shares’).
The voting rights attached to NV’s outstanding shares are split
as follows:
Total number of votes % of issued capital
1,714,727,700 ordinary shares 1,714,727,700(a) 76.89
2,400 special shares 6,428,550 0.29
161,060 6% cumulative
preference shares 431,409,276 19.34
29,000 7% cumulative
preference shares 77,678,313 3.48
(a) Of which 141,560,629 shares were held in treasury and 28,819,921
shares were held to satisfy obligations under share-based incentive
schemes as at 31 December 2010. These shares are not voted on.
NV may issue shares not yet issued and grant rights to subscribe
for shares only pursuant to a resolution of the General Meeting
of Shareholders or of another corporate body designated for such
purpose by a resolution of the General Meeting. At the NV AGM
held on 11 May 2010 the Board was designated, in accordance
with Articles 96 and 96a of Book 2 of the Netherlands Civil Code,
as the corporate body authorised until 11 November 2011 to
resolve on the issue of – or on the granting of rights to subscribe
for – shares not yet issued and to restrict or exclude the statutory
pre-emption rights that accrue to shareholders upon issue of
shares, on the understanding that this authority is limited to 10%
of the issued share capital of NV, plus an additional 10% of the
issued share capital of NV in connection with or on the occasion
of mergers and acquisitions.
At the 2010 NV AGM the Board of NV was authorised, in
accordance with Article 98 of Book 2 of the Netherlands Civil
Code, until 11 November 2011 to cause NV to buy back its own
shares and depositary receipts thereof, with a maximum of
10%of issued share capital, either through purchase on a stock
exchange or otherwise, at a price, excluding expenses, not lower
than the nominal value of the shares and not higher than 10%
above the average of the closing price of the shares on Eurolist
byEuronext Amsterdam for the five business days before the
dayon which the purchase is made.
The above mentioned authorities are renewed annually.
PLC’s issued share capital on 31 December 2010 was made up of:
• £40,760,420 split into 1,310,156,361 ordinary shares
of 31⁄9p each; and
• £100,000 of deferred stock.
The total number of voting rights attached to PLC’s outstanding
shares are as follows:
Total number of votes % of issued capital
1,310,156,361 ordinary shares 1,310,156,361(a) 99.76
£100,000 deferred stock 3,214,285 0.24
(a) Of which 26,696,994 shares were held by PLC in treasury and
18,051,749 shares were held by NV group companies or by share
trusts as at 31 December 2010. These shares are not voted on.
The Board of PLC may, under sections 551, 570 and 571 of the
UK Companies Act 2006 and subject to the passing of the
appropriate resolutions at a meeting of shareholders, issue shares
within the limits prescribed within the resolutions. At the 2010
PLC AGM the Directors were authorised to issue new shares
pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006, limited to
amaximum of £13,290,000 nominal value, which at the time
represented approximately 33% of PLC’s issued Ordinary share
capital and pursuant to section 570 of that Act, to disapply
pre-emption rights up to approximately 5% of PLC’s issued
ordinary share capital. These authorities are renewed annually.
At the 2010 PLC AGM the Board of PLC was authorised in
accordance with its Articles of Association to make market
purchases of its ordinary shares representing just under 10%
ofPLC’s issued capital and within the limits prescribed within
theresolution until the earlier of the six-month anniversary after
the 2010 year end or the conclusion of the 2011 PLC AGM.
Asimilar authority will be sought at the 2011 AGM of PLC
pursuant to the Companies Act 2006.