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Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2006 145
Shareholder information (continued)
Shareholder information (continued)
Dividend record
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, expressed in terms of the revised share
denominations which became effective from 22 May 2006. Dividends have been translated into US dollars at the exchange rates
prevailing on the dates of declaration of the dividend. Differences between the amounts ultimately received by US holders of NV
and PLC shares are the result of changes in exchange rate between the equalisation of the dividends and the date of payment.
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 2006 are payable on 21 June 2007, subject to approval at the AGMs. For purposes of illustration, the amounts
payable in respect of NV New York Registry Shares and PLC ADRs have been translated in the table below at rates of exchange on
8 February 2007, 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 (15 May 2007 in the case of NV
and 16 May 2007 in the case of PLC).
The dividend timetable for 2007 is shown on page 146.
NV Dividends
2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Interim dividend per €0.16 (Euros) 0.2300 0.2200 0.2100 0.1967 0.1833
Final dividend per €0.16 (Euros) –0.4400 0.4200 0.3833 0.3833
Proposed final dividend per €0.16 (Euros) 0.4700 ––––
One-off dividend per €0.16 (Euros) 0.2600 ––––
Interim dividend per €0.16 (US Registry) (Dollars) 0.2934 0.2638 0.2685 0.2296 0.1800
Final dividend per €0.16 (US Registry) (Dollars) –0.5613 0.5399 0.4545 0.4380
Proposed final dividend per €0.16 (US Registry) (Dollars) 0.6103 ––––
One-offdividend per €0.16 (US Registry) (Dollars) 0.3316 ––––
PLC Dividends
2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Interim dividend per 31⁄9p (Pounds) 0.1562 0.1504 0.1407 0.1369 0.1158
Final dividend per 31⁄9p (Pounds) –0.3009 0.2849 0.2649 0.2407
Proposed final dividend per 31⁄9p (Pounds) 0.3204 ––––
One-off dividend per 31⁄9p (Pounds) 0.1766 ––––
Interim dividend per 31⁄9p (US Registry) (Dollars) 0.2983 0.2655 0.2586 0.2315 0.1804
Final dividend per 31⁄9p (US Registry) (Dollars) –0.5583 0.5366 0.4694 0.3866
Proposed final dividend per 31⁄9p (US Registry) (Dollars) 0.6317 ––––
One-off dividend per 31⁄9p (US Registry) (Dollars) 0.3372 ––––