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Nature of trading market
The Ordinary Shares of the company were listed on the London Stock Exchange on
27th December 2000. The Ordinary Shares were also listed on the New York Stock Exchange (in the form of American Depositary Shares ‘ADSs’) from
the same date.
The following table sets out, for the periods indicated, the high and low middle market
quotations in pence for the Ordinary Shares on the London Stock Exchange, as derived from its Daily Official List, and the high and low last
reported sales prices in US dollars for the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange, as derived from the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape.
Information relating to the share and ADS prices for Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham
prior to the date of the merger is also given below.
Prior
to 15th April 1996 SmithKline Beecham’s ordinary share capital consisted
of A and B shares. The 1996 high and low prices in the tables above
relate to A shares up to 15th April 1996 and to the ordinary shares
thereafter.
Analysis
of shareholdings
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| Analysis of shareholdings at 31st December 2000: |
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Holding of Ordinary Shares
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Up to 1,000
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209,943 |
69.8 |
1.3 |
78,667,427 |
| 1,001 to 5,000 |
70,009 |
23.3 |
2.4 |
150,331,737 |
| 5,001 to 100,000 |
18,672 |
6.2 |
4.5 |
282,415,647 |
| 100,001 to 1,000,000 |
1,538 |
0.5 |
8.1 |
503,134,108 |
| Over 1,000,000 |
501 |
0.2 |
83.7 |
5,211,113,255 |
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| Totals |
300,663 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
6,225,662,174 |
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| Held by |
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Nominee companies
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77,027 |
25.6 |
80.7 |
5,025,801,421 |
| Investment and trust companies |
670 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
15,861,769 |
| Insurance companies |
73 |
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1.9 |
118,072,992 |
| Individuals and other corporate bodies |
222,891 |
74.2 |
7.5 |
465,371,560 |
| BNY (Nominees) Limited |
2 |
– |
9.6 |
600,554,432 |
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| Totals |
300,663 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
6,225,662,174 |
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The Bank of New York’s holding held through BNY (Nominees) Limited represents the company’s
ADR programme, whereby each ADS represents two Ordinary Shares of 25p nominal value.
At 15th March 2001, the number of holders of record of Ordinary Shares in the USA was
1,119 with holdings of 1,779,822 Ordinary Shares, and the number of registered holders of the ADRs was 53,088 with holdings of 276,452,583
ADRs. Because certain of these Ordinary Shares and ADRs were held by brokers or other nominees, the number of holders of record or registered
holders in the USA is not representative of the number of beneficial holders or of the residence of beneficial holders.
Control of company
As far as is known to the company, it is not directly or indirectly owned or controlled by one or more corporations or by any government.
The company does not know of any arrangements, the operation of which might result in a change in control of the company.
Substantial shareholdings
At 15th March 2001, the company had received notification of the following
interest of three per cent or more in its Ordinary Shares:
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BNY (Nominees) Limited holds 600,984,302 Ordinary Shares representing
9.65 per cent. These Ordinary Shares are held on behalf of holders of American Depositary Receipts. |
As far as is known to the company, no other person was the owner of more than three per
cent of the Ordinary Shares of the company.
Prior to the
merger between Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham on 27th December
2000, several shareholders had an interest of more than three per
cent in the share capital of Glaxo Wellcome or SmithKline Beecham
(excluding The Bank of New York as depositary for the ADRs of each
company). In the case of Glaxo Wellcome, at 29th February 2000 the
company had received notification that The Wellcome Trust Limited
had an interest of 4.52 per cent. In the case of SmithKline Beecham,
at 18th February 2000 the company had received notification of the
following interests: Mercury Asset Management Group Limited 3.42
per cent; Prudential Portfolio Managers Limited 3.31 per cent; Barclays
Global Investors (UK) Limited 3.08 per cent; Hill Samuel Offshore
Trust Limited as Trustee of the SB Employee Share Ownership Trust
3.18 per cent.
Directors
and Officers
The interests of the Directors and Officers of the company (as defined
in the Companies Act 1985) in share options of the company
are given in the Remuneration
report.
Exchange controls and other limitations
affecting security holders
There
are currently no UK laws, decrees or regulations restricting the
import or export of capital or affecting the remittance of dividends
or other payments to holders of the company’s Ordinary Shares who
are non-residents of the UK. There are no limitations relating only
to non-residents of the UK under English law or the company’s Memorandum
and Articles of Association on the right to be a holder of, and
to vote in respect of, the company’s Ordinary Shares.
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