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53 Unilever Annual Report on Form 20-F 1999 Report of the Directors
Remuneration report
Directors’ interests: share capital
The interest in the share capitals of NV and PLC and their group companies of those who were directors at the end of
1999 and of their families were as shown in the tables below:
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1 January 31 December
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NV (ordinary shares) Fl. 1 Fl. 1.12
A Burgmans 856 6 920
N W A FitzGerald 5 504 6 175
A C Butler — 625
A Kemner 870 1 454
R H P Markham — 582
J Peelen 894 798
R M Phillips 8 694 7 762
NV (preference shares) Fl. 0.10
A Burgmans — 7 750
A Kemner — 1 628
J Peelen — 894
PLC (ordinary shares) 1.25p 1.4p
N W A FitzGerald 33 140 40 357
175 632 840 (a) 156 815 034 (a)
A Burgmans 17 894 20 627
A C Butler 24 828 27 243
A Kemner 14 684 18 605
R H P Markham 43 140 43 246
J Peelen 9 342 8 340
R M Phillips 10 572 9 439
Margarine Union (1930) Limited (shares)
N W A FitzGerald 600 (a) 600 (a)
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(a) Held jointly as a trustee of the Leverhulme Trust and the Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust with no beneficial interest.
On 10 May 1999, Unilever’s share capital was consolidated on the basis of 100 new shares of Fl. 1.12 each for every
112 existing NV shares of Fl. 1 each and 100 new shares of 1.4p each for every 112 existing PLC shares of 1.25p each.
The directors, in common with other employees of PLC and its United Kingdom subsidiaries, have beneficial interests in
the undermentioned NV and PLC ordinary shares acquired for the purpose of satisfying options granted under the PLC
1985 Executive Share Option and Sharesave Schemes and the Unilever PLC International 1997 Executive Share Option
Scheme.
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1 January 31 December
Fl. 1/1.25p Fl. 1.12/1.4p
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All directors – NV ordinary shares 551 802 —
– PLC ordinary shares 39 623 389 42 492 210
On election of P J Cescau as a director on 4 M a y 1999 the trusts held 42 129 131 PLC 1.25p shares and 1 099 623 NV Fl. 1 share s .
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Further information, including details of the NV and PLC ordinary shares acquired by certain group companies in
connection with other share option schemes, is given in note 20 on page 81.
The only changes in the interests of the directors and their families in NV ordinary shares between 31 D e c e m b e r 1 9 9 9
and 28 April 2000 were that:
(i) A Burgmans acquired 1 050 NV ordinary shares pursuant to the annual bonus scheme;
(ii) A C Butler acquired 962 NV ordinary shares pursuant to the annual bonus scheme;
(iii) P J Cescau acquired 842 NV ordinary shares pursuant to the annual bonus scheme;
(iv) N W A FitzGerald acquired 1 744 NV ordinary shares pursuant to the annual bonus scheme;
(v) R H P Markham acquired 872 NV ordinary shares pursuant to the annual bonus scheme;
(vi) J Peelen acquired and sold 37 396 NV shares through the exercise of options granted under the NV Executive Share
Option Scheme.