Investor relations
The objective of investor relations is to provide
shareholders and potential investors with accurate
representation of Ahold's performance and goals.
Investor relations goal
Ahold's investor relations department is committed in its
communications to serving the interests of both private and
institutional investors and of both equity and fixed income
investors. Ahold's investor relations follows, to the extent
reasonably practicable, the guidelines and principles set
forth by the AFM and in Regulation FD promulgated by the
SEC. More background and financial information, can be
found in Ahold's investor relations section at www.ahold.
com. Contact information can be found at the end of this
Annual Report.
Share information
Ahold's authorized share capital as of December 31, 2006
was 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.
For additional information about Ahold's share capital, see
Notes 23 and 27 to our consolidated financial statements
included in this Annual Report. Ahold is a public limited
liability company registered in the Netherlands with listings
of shares (symbol: AH) on Euronext's Amsterdam Stock
Exchange (AEX) and depositary shares (symbol: AHO) on
the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Euronext Amsterdam
is the principal trading market for Ahold's common shares.
As of January 1, 2007, the register of holders of registered
restricted shares contained the names of 25 holders having
their registered 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 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
Ahold and the Depositary dated January 20, 1998. Ahold
has been informed by the Depositary that in the United
States, as of December 31, 2006, there were 124,494,812
ADSs outstanding and 41,088 record owners compared with
130,170,424 ADSs outstanding and 50,500 record owners
at the end of fiscal year 2005.
138 Ahold Annual Report 2006
