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Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2000 Report of the Directors
2
Financial highlightsat current rates of exchange
Combined earnings per share and dividends
Ordinary shares of NV Ordinary shares of PLC
Fl. 1.12 Fl. 1.12 Fl. 1 1.4p 1.4p 1.25p
2000 1999 1998 2000 1999 1998
Basic earnings per share €1.07 2.63 2.63 €0.16 0.39 0.39
Fl. 2.36 Fl. 5.80 Fl. 5.80 9.79p 26.01p 26.45p
Basic earnings per share BEIA(a) €3.21 2.83 2.59 €0.48 0.42 0.39
Fl. 7.07 Fl. 6.24 Fl. 5.71 29.34p 27.96p 26.04p
Diluted earnings per share €1.05 2.57 2.57 €0.16 0.39 0.39
Fl. 2.31 Fl. 5.66 Fl. 5.66 9.55p 25.36p 25.80p
Dividend per share (excluding special dividend)(b)(d) €1.43 1.27 1.14
Fl. 3.15 Fl. 2.79 Fl. 2.51 13.07p 12.50p 10.70p
Special dividend per share(b) 6.58
Fl.14.50 66.13p
Combined earnings per share and dividends for shares traded on New York Stock Exchange
(on a UK/Netherlands GAAP(c) basis) in US dollars
NV New York shares American Depositary Receipts of PLC
Fl. 1.12 Fl. 1.12 Fl. 1 5.60p 5.60p 5.00p
2000 1999 1998 2000 1999 1998
Basic earnings per share $0.99 $2.80 $2.92 $0.59 $1.68 $1.75
Basic earnings per share BEIA(a) $2.96 $3.01 $2.88 $1.77 $1.81 $1.73
Diluted earnings per share $0.96 $2.73 $2.85 $0.58 $1.64 $1.71
Dividend per share (excluding special dividend)(d)(e)(f) $1.30 $1.19 $1.25 $0.76 $0.76 $0.69
Special dividend per share(e) $6.95 $4.23
(a) Before exceptional items and amortisation of goodwill and intangibles.
(b) Dividends of NV were declared and paid in guilders for 1998 and 1999, and in euros for 2000. For the purposes of this comparison,
values have been converted at the official conversion rate of 1.00 = Fl. 2.20371, and rounded to two decimal places. Full details of
dividends for the period 1996 to 2000 are given on page 121.
(c) Generally accepted accounting principles.
(d) It is not possible to make a direct comparison between dividends paid before and after 6 April 1999 because of the abolition of United
Kingdom ACT (Advance Corporation Tax) from that date. For further details see page 121.
(e) Rounded to tw o decimal places.
(f) Actual dividends payable for 2000 on NV New York shares and American Depositary Receipts of PLC may differ from those shown
above, w hich include final dividend values calculated using the rates of exchange ruling on 7 February 2001 (1.00 = US$0.93180,
£1.00 = US$1.4612).
2000
1999
1998
47 582
40 977
40 437
2000
1999
1998
3 302
4 303
4 410
2000
1999
1998
5 729
4 595
4 293
Group turnover million Group operating profit BEIA(a) million Group operating profit million