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Shareholder information
Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2005 187
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 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. The PLC interim dividend for 2001 was translated into US dollars at the exchange
rates prevailing on the date of payment of the sterling dividend. 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.
Final dividends for 2005 are payable on 12 June 2006, subject to approval at the AGMs. For purposes of illustration, the amounts
payable in respect of NV New York shares and PLC ADRs have been translated in the table below at rates of exchange on 9 February
2006, which is the date on which the proposed dividends were announced. The actual amounts payable in US dollars will be calculated
by reference to the exchange rates on the day on which the dividends are approved (8 May 2006 in the case of NV and 9 May 2006 in
thecaseofPLC).
The dividend timetable for 2006 is shown on page 189.
NV Dividends
2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
Interim dividend per €0.51 €0.66 €0.63 €0.59 €0.55 €0.50
Exchange rate $ to €1 1.1992 1.2784 1.1673 0.9820 0.9097
Interim dividend per €0.51 (US registry) $0.791472 $0.805392 $0.688707 $0.540100 $0.454850
Final dividend per €0.51 €1.32 €1.26 €1.15 €1.15 €1.06
Final exchange rate $ to €1 1.1948 1.2854 1.1857 1.1427 0.9088
Final dividend per €0.51 (US registry) $1.577136 $1.619604 $1.363555 $1.314105 $0.963328
PLC Dividends
2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
Interim dividend per 1.4p 6.77p 6.33p 6.16p 5.21p 4.65p
Exchange rate $ to £1 1.7648 1.8382 1.6910 1.5580 1.4527
Interim dividend per 5.6p $0.4779 $0.4654 $0.4167 $0.3247 $0.2702
Final dividend per 1.4p 13.54p 12.82p 11.92p 10.83p 9.89p
Final exchange rate $ to £1 1.7427 1.8835 1.7722 1.6065 1.4591
Final dividend per 5.6p $0.9438 $0.9658 $0.8449 $0.6959 $0.5772