Investor relations
The goal of Investor Relations is to provide present and potential investors an
accurate portrayal with Ahold's performance and prospects.
Investor relations goal
Share information
We are committed in our communications to serving the
interests of both private and institutional investors and of
both equity and fixed income investors. We work to ensure
the disclosure of timely, orderly, consistent and accurate
information to the financial community. In doing so we
follow, to the extent reasonably practicable, the guidelines
and principles set forth in Regulation FD promulgated by
the SEC. We encourage analysts to provide research
coverage in our efforts to broaden the investment
community's understanding of Ahold.
In addition to our quarterly results announcements, we host
conference calls and analyst meetings. These are available
through our website at www.ahold.com. Contact information
can be found at the end of this section. For more
background and financial information, we invite you to visit
our Investor relations section at www.ahold.com.
Our authorized share capital as of January 1, 2006 is
composed of the following:
1,250,000 cumulative preferred shares at EUR 500 par
value each;
500,000,000 cumulative preferred financing shares at
EUR 0.25 par value each; and
2,000,000,000 common shares at EUR 0.25 par value
each.
EXCHANGE
Symbol
Currency
Euronext Amsterdam
AHLN
EUR
NYSE New York (ADSs)
AHO
USD
SWX Zurich
AHO
CHF
Source: Bloomberg
address in the United States. The common shares trade
in the United States on the NYSE in the form of ADSs and
are evidenced by ADRs. The ADSs trade under the symbol
"AHO."
The Depositary for the ADSs is The Bank of New York.
Each ADS evidences the right to receive one common share
deposited under a deposit agreement for the ADSs between
us and the Depositary dated January 20, 1998. We have
been informed by the Depositary that in the U.S., as of
December 31, 2005, there were 130,170,424 ADSs
outstanding and 50,500 record owners compared with
120,482,052 ADSs outstanding and 59,780 record owners
at the end of fiscal year 2004.
For additional information about our share capital, see Notes
23 and 28 to our consolidated financial statements
included in this annual report.
We are a public limited liability company registered in the
Netherlands with listings of shares or depositary shares on
the Amsterdam (AEX), New York (NYSE) and Zurich (SWX)
stock exchanges. Euronext Amsterdam is the principal
trading market for our common shares. As of January 1,
2006, the register of holders of registered restricted shares
contained the names of 86 holders having their registered
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