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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.

GlaxoSmithKline Pence per Ordinary Share
Fiscal periods from 27th December 2000 High Low
Quarter ended 31st March 2001* 1965 1715
February 2001 1965 1804
January 2001 1892 1715
27th to 31st December 2000 1920 1890
     
   
  US Dollars per ADS
Fiscal periods from 27th December 2000 High Low
Quarter ended 31st March 2001* 56.95 50.82
February 2001 56.81 52.66
January 2001 56.88 50.94
27th to 31st December 2000 5613/16 553/8
* to 15th March 2001    
     
Glaxo Wellcome Pence per Ordinary Share
Fiscal periods to 26th December 2000 High Low
December 2000 2017 1835
November 2000 2110 1982
October 2000 2068 1940
September 2000 2048 1900
Quarter ended 31st December 2000 2110 1835
Quarter ended 30th September 2000 2048 1791
Quarter ended 30th June 2000 2032 1750
Quarter ended 31st March 2000 1860 1440
Quarter ended 31st December 1999 1931 1555
Quarter ended 30th September 1999 1852 1507
Quarter ended 30th June 1999 2214 1720
Quarter ended 31st March 1999 2288 1861
1998 2073 1465
1997 1457 894
1996 1028 771
     
     
  US dollars per ADS
Fiscal periods to 26th December 2000 High Low
December 2000   58 3/8   54
November 2000   59 1/2   56 9/16
October 2000   59 3/4   56 1/2
September 2000   60 7/16   53 7/8
Quarter ended 31st December 2000   60 7/16   54
Quarter ended 30th September 2000   60 15/16   53 13/16
Quarter ended 30th June 2000   63 3/4   53 1/4
Quarter ended 31st March 2000   60   46
Quarter ended 31st December 1999   63 1/4   50 1/8
Quarter ended 30th September 1999   58 15/16   48 1/16
Quarter ended 30th June 1999   70 3/4   54
Quarter ended 31st March 1999   76 3/16   60 1/16
1998   69 1/2   48 1/8
1997   48   30 1/8
1996   34   23 3/8
     
     
SmithKline Beecham Pence per Ordinary Share
Fiscal periods to 26th December 2000 High Low
December 2000 915 828
November 2000 955 909
October 2000 939 870
September 2000 927 864
Quarter ended 31st December 2000 955 829
Quarter ended 30th September 2000 927 804
Quarter ended 30th June 2000 901 790
Quarter ended 31st March 2000 865 671
Quarter ended 31st December 1999 891 688
Quarter ended 30th September 1999 881 699
Quarter ended 30th June 1999 928 762
Quarter ended 31st March 1999 929 799
1998 844 571
1997 650 389
1996 831 630
     
     
  US dollars per ADS
Fiscal periods to 26th December 2000 High Low
December 2000   66 1/2   60 11/16
November 2000   68 1/16   64 7/16
October 2000   68 13/16   62 13/16
September 2000   68 5/8   60 1/2
Quarter ended 31st December 2000   68 13/16   60 11/16
Quarter ended 30th September 2000   68 5/8   60
Quarter ended 30th June 2000   71 15/16   59 1/2
Quarter ended 31st March 2000   71 3/16   52 1/2
Quarter ended 31st December 1999   72 3/8   56 1/2
Quarter ended 30th September 1999   69 3/16   56 1/16
Quarter ended 30th June 1999   74 5/8   60 3/4
Quarter ended 31st March 1999   76 3/8   65 1/16
1998   71 7/8   48 1/16
1997   53 5/8   32 11/16
1996   69 3/8  

49 3/4

     

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

  Number of % of total   Ordinary
Analysis of shareholdings at 31st December 2000: accounts accounts % of total Shares

Holding of Ordinary Shares

       

Up to 1,000

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
Totals 300,663 100.0 100.0 6,225,662,174
Held by        

Nominee companies

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 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
Totals 300,663 100.0 100.0 6,225,662,174
         

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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