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Ahold
Annual Report 2011
Groupata glance
Performance
Governance
Financials
Geographic spread
of shareholdings
Percent
February February
2012 2011
North America
28.9
26.3
The
Netherlands
14.3
14.9
UK Ireland
12.0
13.9
Rest of
Europe
6.8
7.3
France
6.2
7.5
Rest of the
world
2.7
2.4
Germany
1.5
2.0
Switzerland
1.1
3.2
Undisclosed1
26.5
22.5
1 The undisclosed percentage of
shareholdings includes all retail
holdings.
Ahold's authorized share capital as of January 1, 2012, 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 1
2012, there were 48,656,053 ADSs outstanding in the United States, compared with 49,830,660
as of January 2, 2011.
Vesting of shares under the GRO plan
On March 2, 2012, a maximum of 2.4 million conditional shares granted in 2009 to Ahold
employees under the mid-term component of the Global Reward Opportunity (GRO) equity-
based long-term incentive plan, 1.7 million performance shares granted in 2007 to Ahold
employees under the long-term component of the GRO plan, and 0.1 million matching shares
granted in 2007 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.
On April 18, 2012, a maximum of 0.2 million conditional shares granted in 2009 to members of
the Corporate Executive Board under the mid-term component of the GRO plan and 0.1 million
performance shares granted in 2007 to members of the Corporate Executive Board under the long
term component of the GRO plan are expected to vest with continuing and retired Corporate
Executive Board members who received the grants. Except to finance tax due on the vesting date,
members of the Corporate Executive Board cannot sell the conditional shares for a period of at least
five years following the grant date, or until the end of their employment, if this period is shorter.
The Company will use treasury shares for delivery of the vested shares.
