Information for Shareholders
Major Holdings in Listed Companies Disclosure Act
Pursuant to the Major Holdings in Listed Companies
Disclosure Act, Heineken Holding N.V., Amsterdam,
has disclosed an interest of 50.005% in Heineken N.V.
Right to add agenda items
Shareholders who, alone or together, represent at least
i% of Heineken N.V.'s issued capital or hold shares with
a market value of €50 million have the right to request
items to be placed on the agenda of the General
Meeting of Shareholders. Requests to place items on
the agenda must be received by Heineken N.V. at least
60 days before the date of the General Meeting of
Shareholders. Heineken N.V. reserves the right to refuse
to place an item on the agenda if its inclusion would be
contrary the company's material interest.
Heineken Holding N.V.
The A shares of Heineken Holding N.V. are traded on
Euronext Amsterdam. Options on A shares of Heineken
Holding N.V. are traded on the Euronext.Liffe options
exchange. In 2003, the average daily volume of trade
was 197,175 shares. Heineken Holding N.V. is not a
'structuurvennootschap' within the meaning of the
Netherlands Civil Code. Consequently, decisions on all
important matters are taken by the General Meeting
of Shareholders.
Market capitalisation
On 31 December 2003, the following numbers of shares
were in issue:
193,384,478 A shares of €2.00 nominal value
2,625,000 B shares of €2.00 nominal value
250 priority shares of €2.00 nominal value.
The B shares confer the same voting rights as the
A shares.
At a year-end price of €27.13, the market capitalisation
of Heineken Holding N.V. was €5.3 billion as at balance
sheet date.
Year-end price
High
Low
€27.13
€30.22
€22.94
31 December 2003
3 September 2003
13 February 2003
Rules concerning insider dealing
Within Heineken Holding N.V. there are established
rules governing the disclosure of transactions in shares
of Heineken N.V. and Heineken Holding N.V. that are
applicable to the members of the Management
Board and to a number of permanent advisers and
employees.
Major Holdings in Listed Companies Disclosure Act
Pursuant to the Major Holdings in Listed Companies
Disclosure Act, I'Arche Holding S.A., has disclosed
an interest of 50.005% and Greenfee B.V. has disclosed
an interest of 6.8% in Heineken Holding N.V.
Heineken Holding N.V. share price
in euros
Euronext Amsterdam
after restatement for recapitalisation
and share split
share price range closing price
Average trade in 2003:
197,175 shares per day
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