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Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2001
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
at current rates of exchange
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Financial highlights
Combined earnings per share and dividends
Ordinary 0.51 shares of NV(a) Ordinary 1.4p shares of PLC
2001 2000 1999 2001 2000 1999
Basic earnings per share 1.82 1.07 2.63 0.27 0.16 0.39
16.96p 9.79p 26.01p
Basic earnings per share BEIA 3.55 3.21 2.83 0.53 0.48 0.42
33.15p 29.34p 27.96p
Diluted earnings per share 1.77 1.05 2.57 0.27 0.16 0.39
16.51p 9.55p 25.36p
Dividend per share(b) 1.56 1.43 1.27 14.54p 13.07p 12.50p
Combined earnings per share and dividends for shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(on a UK/Netherlands GAAP basis) in US dollars
New York 0.51 shares of NV(a) 5.6p American Depositary Receipts of PLC
2001 2000 1999 2001 2000 1999
Basic earnings per share $1.63 $0.99 $2.80 $0.98 $0.59 $1.68
Basic earnings per share BEIA $3.18 $2.96 $3.01 $1.91 $1.77 $1.81
Diluted earnings per share $1.58 $0.96 $2.73 $0.95 $0.58 $1.64
Dividend per share(c)(d) $1.38 $1.25 $1.19 $0.84 $0.76 $0.76
(a) For NV share capital, the euro amounts shown above and elsewhere in this document are representations in euros on the basis of
Article 67C Book 2 Dutch Civil Code, rounded to two decimal places, of underlying share capital in Dutch guilders, which have not
been converted into euros in NV’s Articles of Association. Until conversion formally takes place by amendment of the Articles of
Association the entitlements to dividends and voting rights are based on the underlying Dutch guilder amounts.
(b) Dividends of NV were declared and paid in guilders for 1999 and in euros for 2000 and 2001. For the purposes of this comparison,
values have been translated at the official conversion rate of 1.00 = Fl. 2.20371, and rounded to two decimal places. Full details
of dividends for the period 1997 to 2001 are given on page 116.
(c) Rounded to two decimal places.
(d) Actual dividends payable for 2001 on NV New York shares and American Depositary Receipts of PLC may differ from those shown
above, which include final dividend values calculated using the rates of exchange ruling on 13 February 2002 (1.00 = $0.8747,
£1.00 = $1.4331).
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01
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41 262
52 206
48 066
Total operating profit BEIA
million
99
01
00
4 637
7 269
5 794
Total turnover
million
Total operating profit
million
99
01
00
4 345
5 258
3 359