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Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2002
128 Principal group companies and fixed investments
As at 31 December 2002
Unilever Group
The companies listed below and on pages 129 to 131 are those
which in the opinion of the directors, principally affect the amount
of profit and assets shown in the Unilever Group accounts.
The directors consider that those companies not listed are not
significant in relation to Unilever as a whole.
Full information as required by Articles 379 and 414 of Book 2 of
the Civil Code in the Netherlands has been filed by Unilever N.V.
with the Commercial Registry in Rotterdam.
Particulars of PLC group companies and other significant holdings
as required by the United Kingdom Companies Act 1985 will be
annexed to the next Annual Return of Unilever PLC.
The main activities of the companies listed below are indicated
according to the following key:
Holding companies H
Foods F
Home & Personal Care P
Other Operations O
Unless otherwise indicated, the companies are incorporated and
principally operate in the countries under which they are shown.
The aggregate percentage of equity capital directly or indirectly
held by NV or PLC is shown in the margin, except where it is
100%. All these percentages are rounded down to the nearest
whole number.
Shares in the companies listed are usually held directly or indirectly
by one of NV or PLC. A long standing exception is in the United
States where companies are jointly owned by NV (73%) and
PLC (27%). As a result of the Bestfoods integration during 2002,
the shares of certain Bestfoods and Unilever companies (or their
merged successor) are held partly by Unilever United States, Inc.
and, as a consequence, both NV and PLC have indirect
shareholdings in them. The percentage of Unilever’s shareholdings
held either directly or indirectly by NV and PLC are identified in the
tables according to the following code:
NV 100% a
PLC 100% b
NV 73%; PLC 27% c
NV 88%; PLC 12% d
NV 21%; PLC 79% e
NV 2%; PLC 98% f
Principal group companies
%Europe Ownership Activity
Austria
Österreichische Unilever Ges.m.b.H. d FP
Belgium
99 Bestfoods Belgium B.V.B.A/S.P.R.L. d F
Unilever Belgium N.V./S.A. d FP
Bulgaria
Unilever Bulgaria E.O.O.D. a FP
Croatia
Unilever Croatia d.o.o. a FP
Czech Republic
Unilever C
vR s.r.o. a FP
%Europe continued Ownership Activity
Denmark
Unilever Bestfoods A/S d F
Unilever Danmark A/S a FP
Estonia
Unilever Eesti OU a FP
Finland
Suomen Unilever Oy a FP
France
99 Amora Maille Société Industrielle S.A.S. d F
99 Bestfoods France Société Industrielle S.A. d F
99 Cogesal-Miko S.A.S. d F
99 FRALIB Sourcing Unit S.A. d F
99 Frigedoc S.A. d F
99 Lever Fabergé France S.A. d P
99 Unilever Bestfoods France S.A. d F
99 Unilever France S.A.S. d H
Germany
Langnese-Iglo GmbH d F
Lever Fabergé Deutschland GmbH d P
Monda Beteiligungs GmbH d F
Monda IPR GmbH & Co. OHG (1) dF
Monda Vermögensverwaltungs
GmbH & Co. OHG (1) dF
Pfanni GmbH & Co. OHG Stavenhagen (1) dF
PW Vermietungs GmbH & Co. KG (1) dF
UBG Vermietungs GmbH & Co. OHG (1) dH
Unilever Bestfoods Deutschland GmbH d F
Unilever Beteiligungs GmbH d H
Unilever Deutschland GmbH d H
Greece
67 ‘Elais’ Oleaginous Products S.A. a F
Unilever Hellas A.E.B.E. a FP
Hungary
Unilever Magyarország Kft a FP
Ireland
Lever Fabergé Ireland Ltd. b P
Unilever Bestfoods (Ireland) Limited. b F
Italy
Lever Fabergé Italia Srl d P
Sagit Srl d F
Unilever Bestfoods Italia Srl d F
Unilever Italia SpA d H
Latvia
Unilever Baltic LLC a FP
Lithuania
Unilever Lietuva UAB a FP
(1) Due to the inclusion of the partnerships in the consolidated
group accounts of Unilever, para 264(b) of the German trade law
grants an exemption from the duty to prepare individual statutory
financial statements and management reports in accordance
with the requirements for limited liability companies and to have
these audited.