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Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2006 123
Financial Statements (continued)
Notes to the consolidated accounts Unilever Group
32Remuneration of auditors
Remuneration of auditors is required to be presented in accordance with the requirements of The Companies (Disclosure of Auditor
Remuneration) Regulations 2005 (the ‘legislation’) for the first time in 2006. Comparative amounts for 2004 and 2005 have been restated
on this basis.
€million €million € million
2006 2005 2004
Fees payable to PricewaterhouseCoopers(a) for the audit
of the annual accounts of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC (6) (4) (4)
Fees payable to PricewaterhouseCoopers(b) for the audit of accounts of
subsidiaries of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC pursuant to the legislation (20) (11) (10)
Total statutory audit fees(c) (26) (15) (14)
Other services supplied pursuant to such legislation(d) (1) (2) (3)
Other services relevant to taxation (2) (3) (4)
Services relating to corporate finance transactions(e) (2) (1) (1)
All other services(f) (1) (2) (3)
(a) Of which:
€1 million was paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. (2005: €1 million; 2004: €1 million); and
€5 million was paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (2005: €3 million; 2004: €3 million).
(b) Comprises fees paid to the network of separate and independent member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited for audit
work on statutory financial statements and group reporting returns of subsidiary companies.
(c) In addition, €1 million of statutory audit fees were payable to PricewaterhouseCoopers in respect of services supplied to associated pension
schemes (2005: €1 million; 2004: €1 million).
(d) Comprises other audit services, including audit and similar work that regulatory or agreements with third parties require the auditors to
undertake and other circulars and regulatory reports.
(e) Comprises work in respect of acquisitions and disposals.
(f) Comprises other services, including risk management assurance and advisory work and training, that are compatible with
PricewaterhouseCoopers' audit work.
33 Events after the balance sheet date
On 1January 2007, Unilever completed the restructuring of its Portuguese businesses. The result of the reorganisation is that Unilever now has
a55% shareof the combined Portuguese entity,called Unilever Jerónimo Martins. The combined business includes the foods and home and
personal care businesses. The remaining 45% interest is held by Jerónimo Martins Group. The structureof the agreement is such that thereis
joint control of the newly formed entity and so it will be accounted for by Unilever as a joint venture.