Investor relations
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Our shares
The goal of Ahold's investor relations department is to
keep private and institutional investors and equity and
fixed income investors informed of Ahold's
performance and prospects.
Share performance
Geographic spread of
shareholdings
AHOLD ANNUAL REPORT 2008 117
For more background and financial information go to Ahold's investor relations
section on www.ahold.com.
Ahold's authorized share capital as of December 28, 2008 was comprised
of the following:
1,700,000,000 common shares at EUR 0.30 par value each;
477,580,949 cumulative preferred financing shares at EUR 0.30 par
value each;
1,250,000 cumulative preferred shares at EUR 500 par value each.
For additional information about Ahold's share capital, see Notes 19 and 21 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). The common shares trade in the United States
on the over-the-counter (OTC) market through www.pinksheets.com (symbol:
AHONY) in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADS) and are evidenced
by American Depositary Receipts (ADRs).
Ahold's Depository for its American Depositary Shares is The Bank of New York.
Each ADS evidences the holder to receive one common share deposited under
an agreement between Ahold and the Depository dated January 20, 1998, as
amended and restated as of January 29, 2004, and as further amended and
restated as of October 29, 2007. Ahold has been informed by the Depository that
as of December 28, 2008, there were 66,212,085 American Depositary Shares
outstanding and 35,000 record owners in the United States, compared with
88,019,197 American Depositary Shares outstanding and 39,500 record owners
in the United States at the end of the 2007 fiscal year.
Closing share prices for Ahold's common shares on Euronext Amsterdam during
2008 were:
February February
2009 2008
North America
UK/Ireland
The Netherlands
Rest of Europe
Switzerland
France
Rest of the World
Germany
Undisclosed*
35.0
14.1
11.0
3.3
3.1
2.7
2.2
1.7
27.0
28.1
7.1
8.5
3.9
2.4
2.9
1.7
2.9
42.5
*The undisclosed percentage of shareholdings includes
all retail holdings
Closing common share price at year end (in EUR)
Average closing common share price (in EUR)
Highest closing common share price (in EUR)
Lowest closing common share price (in EUR)
Average daily trading volume
8.83
8.75
9.90
6.67
9.47
9.27
11.20
7.37
8,380,638 10,439,399
Source: Euronext
www.ahold.com/reports2008
