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121
Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2000 Shareholder Information
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 M eeting, paid in M ay.
The following tables show the dividends paid by NV and PLC
for the last five years. NV dividends are per Fl. 1.12 (1996-
1998: Fl. 1) ordinary share and PLC dividends are per 1.4p
(1996-1998: 1.25p) ordinary share and per depositary
receipt of 5.6p (1996-1998: 5p). Dividends have been
translated at the exchange rates prevailing on the dates of
declaration of the dividends for NV and the payment of the
sterling dividends for PLC.
The interim dividend is normally 35% of the previous year’s
total normal dividend per share, based on the stronger of
our tw o parent currencies over the first nine months of the
year. Equalisation of the 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 2001 is shown on page 123.
NV Dividends
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Interim dividend Fl. 1.12 (1996-1998: Fl. 1) Fl. 0.56 Fl. 0.74 Fl. 0.81 Fl. 0.88 €0.48
Exchange rate Fl. to US$ 1.6928 1.9208 1.8717 2.1173
Exchange rate €to US$ 0.8646
Interim dividend per Fl. 1.12 (1996-1998: Fl. 1) $0.329336 $0.385256 $0.432762 $0.415624 $0.415008
Normal final dividend per Fl. 1.12 (1996-1998: Fl. 1) Fl. 1.19 Fl. 1.49 Fl. 1.70 Fl. 1.91 €0.95
Special final dividend per Fl. 1 Fl. 14.50
Normal final exchange rate Fl. to US$ 1.9459 1.9951 2.0861 2.4725
Normal final exchange rate €to US$ 0.9318
Special final exchange rate Fl. to US$ 2.0861
Normal final dividend per Fl. 1.12 (1996-1998: Fl. 1) $0.610257 $0.746830 $0.814918 $0.772497 $0.8852
Special final dividend per Fl. 1 $6.950769
Note 1: For the purposes of illustration, the US dollar dividends show n above are those paid on the Fl. 1.12 (1996-1998: Fl. 1) ordinary
shares of NV registered in New York. The above exchange rates were those ruling on the dates of declaration of the dividend.
Note 2: On 10 M ay 1999 the share capital w as consolidated on the basis of 100 new ordinary shares w ith a nominal value of Fl. 1.12 for
every 112 existing ordinary shares w ith a nominal value of Fl. 1.
PLC Dividends
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Interim dividend per 1.4p (1996-1998: 1.25p) 2.57p 2.80p 2.95p 3.93p 4.40p
Exchange rate $ to £1 1.6620 1.6620 1.6745 1.6002 1.4532
Interim dividend per 5.6p (1996-1998: 5p) $0.1710 $0.1861 $0.1976 $0.2515 $0.2558
Normal final dividend per 1.4p (1996-1998: 1.25p) 5.44p 5.62p 7.75p 8.57p 8.67p
Special final dividend per 1.25p 66.13p
Normal final exchange rate US$ to £1 1.6221 1.6270 1.5921 1.4732 1.4612
Special final exchange rate US$ to £1 1.5984
Normal final dividend per 5.6p (1996-1998: 5p) $0.3530 $0.3657 $0.4935 $0.5050 $0.5067
Special final dividend per 5p $4.2280
Note 1: If you are a United States resident and received dividends before 6 April 1999, under the Anglo-United States taxation treaty, you
received an amount equal to the total of the declared dividend, plus the United Kingdom tax credit less withholding tax. If you are a United
States resident and received dividends after 5 April 1999, you simply received the declared dividend, see Taxation for US residents on
page 119.
Note 2: The final sterling dividend for 2000 is payable on 21 M ay 2001. The dollar dividend will be calculated w ith reference to the
exchange rates prevailing on that date.
Note 3: It is not possible to make a direct comparison between PLC dividends paid before and after 6 April 1999 because of the abolition
of United Kingdom ACT (Advance Corporation Tax) from that date (see note 1 above).
Note 4: On 10 M ay 1999 the share capital w as consolidated on the basis of 100 new ordinary shares w ith a nominal value of 1.4p for
every 112 existing ordinary shares w ith a nominal value of 1.25p.