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Ahold
Annual Report 2010
Group at a glance
Performance
Governance
Financials
Geographic spread
of shareholdings
Percent
February February
2011 2010
North America
26.3
32.1
The Netherlands
14.9
11.8
UK Ireland
13.9
11.9
France
7.5
4.4
Rest of Europe
7.3
5.8
Switzerland
3.2
3.0
Rest of the world
2.4
1.3
Germany
2.0
2.0
Undisclosed1
22.5
27.7
1 The undisclosed percentage of
shareholdings includes all retail
holdings.
Ahold's authorized share capital as of January 2, 2011, was comprised of the following:
1,700,000,000 common shares at €0.30 par value each;
477,580,949 cumulative preferred financing shares at €0.30 par value each;
1,250,000 cumulative preferred shares at €500 par value each.
For additional information about Ahold's share capital, see Notes 20 and 22 to the consolidated
financial statements. Ahold is a public limited liability company registered in the Netherlands with
a listing of shares (symbol: AH) on Euronext's Amsterdam Stock Exchange (AEX). Ahold's
common shares trade in the United States on the over-the-counter (OTC) market through
www.otcmarkets.com (symbol: AHONY) in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs) and
are evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (ADRs).
Ahold's Depositary for its ADSs is Citibank. Each ADS entitles the holder to receive one common
share deposited under an amended and restated deposit agreement between Ahold and the
Depositary dated July 2, 2010. Ahold has been informed by the Depositary that as of January 2,
2011, there were 49,830,660 ADSs outstanding in the United States, compared with 53,257,581
as of January 3, 2010.
Vesting of shares under the GRO plan
On March 4, 2011, a maximum of 1.9 million conditional shares granted in 2008 to Ahold
employees under the mid-term component of the Global Reward Opportunity (GRO) equity-
based long-term incentive plan, 3.0 million performance shares granted in 2006 to Ahold
employees under the long-term component of the GRO plan, and 0.2 million matching shares
granted in 2006 to Ahold employees under the mid-term component of the GRO plan are
expected to vest. Vesting is subject to the participant being employed by the Company on the
applicable vesting date. On the vesting date, participants are eligible, subject to the GRO plan
rules, to sell all or part of the shares vested.
