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Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2004 181
Dividends
Our interim ordinary dividends are normally announced in November and paid in December. Final ordinary dividends are normally
proposed in February and, if approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meetings, paid in May or June.
The following tables show the dividends paid by NV and PLC for the last five years. NV dividends are per €0.51 ordinary share and PLC
dividends are per 1.4p ordinary share and per depositary receipt of 5.6p. Dividends for NV have been translated into US dollars at the
exchange rates prevailing on the dates of declaration. Dividends for PLC up to and including the interim dividend for 2001 have been
translated into US dollars at the exchange rates prevailing on the date of payment of the sterling dividends. Following a change in
practice, starting with the final dividend for 2001, PLC dividends have been translated into US dollars at the rate prevailing on the date
of declaration of the dividend.
The interim dividend is normally 35% of the previous year’s total normal dividend per share, based on the stronger of our two parent
currencies over the first nine months of the year. Equalisation of the interim dividend in the other currency takes place at the average
exchange rate of the third quarter. Equalisation of the final dividend takes place at the average exchange rate for the full year.
The dividend timetable for 2005 is shown on page 184.
NV Dividends
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
Interim dividend per €0.51 €0.63 €0.59 €0.55 €0.50 €0.48
Exchange rate € to $ 1.2784 1.1673 0.9820 0.9097 0.8646
Interim dividend per €0.51 (US registry) $0.805392 $0.688707 $0.540100 $0.454850 $0.415008
Final dividend per €0.51 €1.26 €1.15 €1.15 €1.06 €0.95
Final exchange rate € to $ 1.2762 1.1857 1.1427 0.9088 0.8827
Final dividend per €0.51 (US registry) $1.608012 $1.363555 $1.314105 $0.963328 $0.838565
For the purposes of illustration, the US dollar dividends shown above are those paid on the €0.51 ordinary shares of NV registered in
New York. The above exchange rates were those ruling on the dates of declaration of the dividend.
The final euro dividend for 2004 is payable on 13 June 2005. The dollar dividend will be calculated with reference to the exchange
rates prevailing on 10 May 2005.
PLC Dividends
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
Interim dividend per 1.4p 6.33p 6.16p 5.21p 4.65p 4.40p
Exchange rate $ to £1 1.8382 1.6910 1.5580 1.4527 1.4622
Interim dividend per 5.6p $0.4654 $0.4167 $0.3247 $0.2702 $0.2573
Final dividend per 1.4p 12.82p 11.92p 10.83p 9.89p 8.67p
Final exchange rate $ to £1 1.8618 1.7722 1.6065 1.4591 1.4355
Final dividend per 5.6p $0.9547 $0.8449 $0.6959 $0.5772 $0.4978
The final sterling dividend for 2004 is payable on 13 June 2005. The dollar dividend will be calculated with reference to the exchange
rates prevailing on 11 May 2005.