U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[ ] Check box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Conopco, Inc. (1)
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
390 Park Avenue
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(Street)
New York NY 10022
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJICA)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
May 2000
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[_] Director [X] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[_] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[X] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock, par value 5/18/99 P(2) 6,621,944 A $43.60 6,621,944 I (3) (4)
$.033 per share
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr.(Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
Code V (A) (D)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) This form is a joint filing with Vermont All Natural Expansion Company, a
Vermont corporation ("VANE"), and Unilever N.V., a corporation formed under
the laws of The Netherlands ("Unilever"), affiliates of the Reporting Person.
100% of the common stock of VANE is owned by the Reporting Person; 75% of the
common stock of the Reporting Person is indirectly owned by Unilever. As a
result, each of the Reporting Person, VANE and Unilever may be deemed to
beneficially own any shares of the Class A Common Stock, par value $.033 per
share ("Common Stock"), of Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. that any of the
Reporting Person, VANE or Unilever may be deemed to beneficially own.
(2) The 6,621,944 shares of Common Stock reported in this Statement of Changes
in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 ("Form 4") as being acquired by the
Reporting Person were directly acquired by VANE upon the closing of a tender
offer for all the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the "Tender Offer"), as
disclosed in the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, including all exhibits
thereto, as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") by VANE, Conopco and Unilever on April 18, 2000 (the
"Schedule TO").
(3) This figure reflects the 6,621,944 shares of Common Stock acquired in the
Tender Offer.
(4) Conopco's indirect beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock
owned by VANE arises through its ownership of all the common stock of VANE.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts
constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a
currently valid OMB Number.
CONOPCO, INC.
by: Mart Laius, Vice President
/s/ Mart Laius June 12, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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JOINT FILER INFORMATION
Title of Securities: Class A Common Stock, par value $ .033 per share
Issuer & Ticker Symbol: Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. ("BJICA")
Designated Filer: Conopco, Inc.
Other Joint Filers:
Vermont All Natural Expansion Company
390 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Unilever N.V.
Weena 455
AL 3110 Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Date of Event
Requiring Statement: May 18, 2000
VERMONT ALL NATURAL EXPANSION COMPANY,
by /s/ Mart Laius
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Name: Mart Laius
Title: Vice President
UNILEVER N.V.,
by /s/ Mart Laius
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Name: Mart Laius*
* By power of attorney.
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