Unilever chooses Amsterdam for primary listing of ice-cream business

Unilever, owner of Ben & Jerry’s, said its ice-cream business will be incorporated and headquartered in the Netherlands. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Unilever has chosen Amsterdam for the primary listing of its ice-creams business, in the latest blow to the London stock market.

While the owner of Marmite, Dove and Ben & Jerry’s said the split-off business would also have secondary listings in London and New York, it will be incorporated, headquartered and have its primary listing in the Netherlands.