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Further information
Please contact:
Investor Relations, Huibert Wurfbain
Telephone: +31 75 659 5813
Fax: +31 75 659 8359
Public Relations, Jan Hoi
Telephone: +31 75 659 5720
Fax: +31 75 659 8360
Equity indices
Ahold has been included in a total of
34 equity Indices. The most important
of these indices and Ahold's weighting
are as follows: AEX-Stock Exchange
Index (3.27%), FTSE Eurotop 300
(0.22%) and the Bloomberg Europe
Food Retailers Index (12.565%).
Annual and quarterly reports
E-mail: corp.communications@corp.ahold.nl
Internet: www.ahold.com
For information on the Ahold Dutch
Customer Fund please visit www.ahvkf.nl
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
The 1999 Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders will be held at 1:30 p.m.
on Tuesday, May 16, 2000, at the Circus
Theater in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Majority shareholders
Ahold received notification of the
following four Dutch institutional
investors holding more than 5% of
issued and outstanding capital:
AMEV/VSB 1990 NV, 7.95%
(notified June 1996)
ING Groep NV, 7.42%
(notified June 1996)
Coöperatie Achmea UA, 7.21%
(notified June 1996)
AEGON NV, 6.11%
(notified June 1996)
Percentages refer to holdings in both
common shares and cumulative preferred
financing shares. Free float of common
shares can be considered to be 100%.
Financial reporting calendar
Ahold expects to release its results
for the year 2000 according to the
following timetable:
First Quarter:
Second Quarter:
Third Quarter:
Full Year 2000:
June 7, 2000
September 7, 2000
November 28, 2000
March 6, 2001
(provisional)
Final 1999 dividend
Announcement: March 7, 2000
Ex-div. date: May 18, 2000
Payment: May 24, 2000
Interim dividend 2000
Announcement: September 7, 2000
Ex-div. date: September 11, 2000
Please note that the dividend
timetable for the ADRs may differ
from the above.
Annual report Form 20-F
Ahold is subject to the reporting require
ments of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) in the United States
as such requirements apply to foreign
companies. Ahold files its annual report
with the SEC on Form 20-F, together
with such other information as required.
Shareholders wishing to obtain a copy
of the last Form 20-F may do so by
contacting the company or The Bank of
New York's ADR department.
1.5 t Earnings per share
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
40 j Share price
30--
20--
10--
0--
Capital structure
a Common Shares
b Cumulative Preferred Financing Shares
c Reserves and Retained Earnings
d Convertible Subordinated Notes
e Subordinated Notes
f Minority Interests
Stockholders equity 64%
Subordinated loans 25.9%
Other minority interests 10.1%
Royal Ahold Annual Report 1999
