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Investor FAQs
Here, you'll find answers to the most frequently asked questions about The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC), our shares and the company demerger.
General
TMICC is the largest ice cream company in the world and the only pure play ice cream company operating at a truly global scale and was created from a demerger from Unilever.
TMICC’s global headquarter is located at Reguliersdwarsstraat 63, 1017BK, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
TMICC has 19000 colleagues, is active across four continents and generated revenues of EUR 7.9bn in 2024.
The leadership team of TMICC consists of an Executive Leadership Team and a Board of Directors. Peter ter Kulve is the CEO and Jean-Francois van Boxmeer is the Chair designate.
a. We are the largest ice cream company in the world with over a hundred years of expertise and heritage.
b. The ice cream market is large, growing and resilient.
c. Our portfolio is well positioned for growth with strong brands, leading capabilities and innovations.
d. We have a clear strategy to deliver growth and improve productivity.
e. We have a revamped front-line first organisation with a winning culture and incentives will be aligned to our medium-term plan.
For more key facts and figures, see more here.
a. TMICC will pay annual dividends. The first dividend will be announced at the time of the first full year results announcement as an independent company (i.e. based on FY26 results) and will be paid in H1 2027.
b. The dividend over 2025 is part of the Unilever dividend payment. Dividends earned for the period in 2025 after the demerger will be paid as part of this first dividend payment in 2027.
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TMICC is incorporated in the Netherlands and our stock is listed on Euronext Amsterdam, the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, under the ticker symbol “MICC” as of 8 December 2025.
As a demerger of Unilever, we inherited important shareholders, to facilitate them holding the shares we have a Netherlands, UK and US listing.
a. Index inclusion will be determined by the index providers’ specific rules. It is expected that the indices in which TMICC will be included will be announced shortly before the Admission Date of 8 December 2025.
b. It is not anticipated that TMICC Shares will be eligible for inclusion in any of the FTSE UK series indices (such as the FTSE100, of which Unilever is a constituent member).
a. No qualifying Shareholders and Qualifying ADS Holders will receive their TMICC Shares automatically once the Demerger takes effect.
b. Please see Part IV of the Demerger Circular for further information.
a. It is currently expected that the Demerger will complete on Monday 8 December 2025, on which date the TMICC Shares will be issued to Qualifying Shareholders and Qualifying ADS Holders.
b. Admission of the TMICC Shares to trading on each of Euronext Amsterdam, the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange is expected to take place on Monday 8 December 2025, with the first day of trading in TMICC Shares expected to be Monday 8 December 2025.
c. Exactly how and when you will receive your TMICC Shares will depend on how you hold your Unilever Shares or Unilever ADSs. Please read Part IV of the Demerger Circular, in which further information on settlement is provided.
a. The settlement mechanics for the Demerger have been designed so that, as far as reasonably practicable, Qualifying Shareholders will receive interests in TMICC Shares delivered in the same or an equivalent form as their holding of Unilever Shares.
b. The precise settlement mechanics relevant to a particular Qualifying Shareholder depend on the way in which that Qualifying Shareholder holds their Unilever Shares at the Demerger Record Time.
c. For instance, Qualifying Shareholders holding their Unilever Shares in CREST will receive interests in TMICC Shares in CREST (settled in the form of Depositary Interests). Qualifying Shareholders holding interests in Unilever Shares in Euroclear will receive interests in The Magnum Ice Cream Company Shares in Euroclear.
d. For information on the settlement arrangements, please refer to Part IV of the Demerger Circular.
a. TMICC has arranged for Computershare Investor Services PLC to provide a corporate sponsored nominee service (the “Nominee Service”).
b. Under this Nominee Service, Computershare Company Nominees Limited (the “Nominee”) will hold Depositary Interests (representing the TMICC Shares to which you would have been entitled) in its CREST account and act as nominee on your behalf.
c. The Nominee Service will enable you to hold and settle trades placed on the London Stock Exchange via the Nominee. You will receive a statement evidencing the number of Depositary Interests held in the Nominee Service on your behalf.
a. You will receive your TMICC Shares in registered form, meaning that your name will be entered into TMICC’s shareholder register as the owner of the relevant number of TMICC Shares.
b. Please note that this also applies to Unilever ADS Holders who hold their Unilever ADSs in registered or certificated form.
c. Any TMICC Shares delivered in this way will be administered via the DRS. The DRS is a service provided by DTC to facilitate the holding of TMICC Shares outside DTC and allow the relevant TMICC DRS Shareholder to hold their TMICC Shares in book-entry form in their own name.
d. Further information about the DRS, which will apply to holdings of TMICC Shares can be found in Schedule 2 to the Demerger Circular or downloaded at https://www-us.computershare.com/Investor/#Help/ PrintableForms.
e. Please read Part IV of the Demerger Circular, in which further information on settlement is provided.
Demerger
a. A demerger is a transaction in which shareholders receive shares in the new company in proportion to their existing shareholding in the larger company.
b. TMICC has been demerged from Unilever became a separate listed company on 8 December 2025.
a. Following the Demerger, Unilever will retain a holding of approximately 19.9 per cent. in TMICC (i.e. the Retained Shares).
b. However, in accordance with applicable US federal tax laws and regulations, Unilever will exercise any votes attaching to the Retained Shares in proportion to the votes cast by TMICC’s other shareholders.
c. Over time, Unilever intends to sell the Retained Shares in an orderly and considered manner and in any event will dispose of all the Retained Shares within five years of the date of the Demerger.
TMICC’s Full Fiscal Year 2025 earnings will be announced on 12th February 2026.