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Further statutory information and other information Unilever PLC Capital and membership 00000000000000001111 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. 00000000000000001111 Number Total Number of shares of holdings % shares held % 511110511 00000511111 0011 0510 0011 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 511110511 00000511111 0011 0510 0011 117 980 100.00 2 911 458 580 100.00 00000000000000001111 Substantial interests in the share capital of PLC 00000000000000001111 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, N W A 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: 00000000000000001111 Approximate Holder Class % held 0000000111110000005 0011 Prudential Corporation plc Ordinary 3 N.V. Elma Deferred 50 United Holdings Limited Deferred 50 00000000000000001111 Directors’ interests 00000000000000001111 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. 00000000000000001111 Employee involvement and communication 00000000000000001111 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’ report of the United Kingdom group companies contain more details about how they have communicated with their employees during 1999. 00000000000000001111 Equal opportunities and diversity 00000000000000001111 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. 00000000000000001111 Charitable and other contributions 00000000000000001111 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. 00000000000000001111
Further statutory information and other information Unilever PLC Supplier payment policies 00000000000000001111 Individual operating companies are responsible for agreeing the terms and conditions under which business transactions with their suppliers are conducted. The directors’ reports of United Kingdom operating companies give information about their supplier payment policies as required by the United Kingdom Companies Act 1985. PLC, as a holding company, does not itself make any relevant payments in this respect. 00000000000000001111 Interests in land 00000000000000001111 The majority of Unilever’s land and buildings are used for the productive and distributive activities of the Group and are not held for resale. The directors take the view that any difference between their market value and the amount at which they are included in the balance sheet is not of such significance as to require that attention be drawn to it, as would be required by Schedule 7 (Part I) of the United Kingdom Companies Act 1985. 00000000000000001111 Auditors 00000000000000001111 A resolution will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting on 3 May 2000 for the reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditors of PLC. The present appointment will end at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting. 00000000000000001111 Corporate Centr e Unilever PLC PO Box 68 Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ Unilever PLC Registered Office Port Sunlight Wirral Merseyside CH62 4UJ By Order of the Boar d J W B Westerburgen S G Williams Joint Secretaries of Unilever PLC 7 March 2000 Unilever PLC Registrars Lloyds TSB Registrars The Causeway Worthing West Sussex BN99 6DA
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