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UNILEVER (ULVR.L)At 4:35PM : 1,591.00 p  Up 10.00 (0.63%)  
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Address:PO Box 68, Unilever House, 100 Victoria Embankment
London EC4P 4BQ United Kingdom
Web Site:www.unilever.com
Index:STOXX 600 | FTSE 100
Market Place(s) :Brussels | Frankfurt | Amsterdam | London | Virt-x | New York
Number Of Shares :N/A
Sector:Agro-food
Industry:Food Industry
Sub-Industry:Miscellaneous (Food Industries)
Unilever Plc : all sorts of consumer goods Unilever is a global group, specializing in consumer goods. It consists of the Dutch company, Unilever NV and the British Unilever Plc and Although the two organizations have separate structures and markets, they share the same management and follow the same expansion strategy. That is why the term 'Duolever' is used to describe them. Unilever is the multinational 'must' on supermarket shelves, from food products and drinks to cosmetics to cleaning and personal hygiene products. It distributes its products all over the world, especially in Europe, the USA, South America and Asia. Amongst them are well known brands that are much appreciated by the public, such as Dove and Ponds (soaps), Cif, Domestos (home care), Signal (toothpaste), Findus (frozen meals), Knorr (soups)or Lipton (teas).

IDENTITY CARD 
ISIN:GB00B10RZP78
Reuters Code:ULVR.L
Local Code :ULVR
Auditor:PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Number of employees:174,000 ( 31/12/2007 )
189,000 ( 31/12/2006 )

EXECUTIVE TEAM 
Chairman:Michael Treschow
Chief Executive Officer:Patrick Cescau
Chief Financial Officer:James A Lawrence
Data as of 16/05/2008.

CALENDAR 
Annual report:07/02/2008
Shareholder ’s meeting:14/05/2008
Profits 1st half-year:31/07/2008

INVESTORS CONTACT 
Telephone:+44 (0)20 7822 6830
Fax:+44 (0)20 7822 5754
Email:
SHAREHOLDERS 
 
KEY FIGURES 
Year 2006 2005 2004 2001 2000
Net Operating revenues* 40,18739,64239,67240,36642,942
Net Profit* 3,8884,7453,7661,8762,762
* in million(s) of Pound

EARNINGS PER SHARE 
Year 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Earnings per share* 1.351.653.881.922.82
* in pence

SALES PER ACTIVITY 
Oils, dairy products and pastries:35%
Cosmetics and hygiene:28%
Frozen food and Beverages:19%
Cleaning products:18%
Sector Data as of 31/12/2007

SALES PER GEOGRAPHIC AREA 
Core Market
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Geographic areas
Europe:38%
Americas:33%
Rest of the World:29%
Areas data as of 31/12/2007
Profile as of 16/05/2008. Data provided by EuroStockCity

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