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Principal group companies and fixed investments
Unilever Group as at 31 December 2003
The companies listed below and on pages 143 to 145 are those which,
in the opinion of the Directors, principally affect the amount of profit
and assets shown in the Unilever Group accounts. The Directors
consider that those companies not listed are not significant in relation
to Unilever as a whole.
Full information as required by Articles 379 and 414 of Book 2 of the
Civil Code in the Netherlands has been filed by Unilever N.V. with the
Commercial Registry in Rotterdam.
Particulars of PLC group companies and other significant holdings
as required by the United Kingdom Companies Act 1985 will be
annexed to the next Annual Return of Unilever PLC.
The main activities of the companies listed below are indicated
according to the following key:
Holding companies H
Foods F
Home & Personal Care P
Other Operations O
Unless otherwise indicated, the companies are incorporated and
principally operate in the countries under which they are shown.
The aggregate percentage of equity capital directly or indirectly held by
NV or PLC is shown in the margin, except where it is 100%. All these
percentages are rounded down to the nearest whole number.
Shares in the companies listed are usually held directly or indirectly by
one of NV or PLC. A long-standing exception is in the United States
where companies are jointly owned by NV (73%) and PLC (27%).
As a result of the Bestfoods integration during 2002, the shares of
certain Bestfoods and Unilever companies (or their merged successor)
are held partly by Unilever United States, Inc. and, as a consequence,
both NV and PLC have indirect shareholdings in them. The percentage
of Unilever’s shareholdings held either directly or indirectly by NV and
PLC are identified in the tables according to the following code:
NV 100% a
PLC 100% b
NV 73%; PLC 27% c
NV 89%; PLC 11% d
NV 21%; PLC 79% e
Principal group companies
% Europe Ownership Activity
Austria
Österreichische Unilever Ges.m.b.H. d FP
Belgium
99 Bestfoods Belgium B.V.B.A/S.P.R.L. d F
Unilever Belgium S.A./N.V. (Unibel) d FP
Bulgaria
Unilever Bulgaria E.O.O.D. a FP
Croatia
Unilever Croatia d.o.o. a FP
Czech Republic
Unilever C
vR spol. s.r.o. a FP
Denmark
Unilever Bestfoods A/S d F
Unilever Danmark A/S a FP
Estonia
Unilever Eesti OU a FP
Finland
Suomen Unilever Oy a FP
% Europe continued Ownership Activity
France
99 Amora Maille Société Industrielle S.A.S. d F
99 Bestfoods France Société Industrielle S.A. d F
99 Cogesal-Miko S.A.S. d F
99 FRALIB Sourcing Unit S.A. d F
99 Lever Fabergé France S.A. d P
99 Unilever Bestfoods France S.A. d F
99 Unilever France S.A.S. d H
Germany
Langnese-Iglo GmbH d F
Lever Fabergé Deutschland GmbH d P
Monda Beteiligungs GmbH d F
Monda IPR GmbH & Co. OHG(1) dF
Monda Vermögensverwaltungs
GmbH & Co. OHG(1) dF
Pfanni GmbH & Co. OHG Stavenhagen(1) dF
PW Vermietungs GmbH & Co. KG(1) dF
UBG Vermietungs GmbH & Co. OHG(1) dH
Unilever Bestfoods Deutschland GmbH d F
Unilever Beteiligungs GmbH d H
Unilever Deutschland GmbH d H
Greece
67 ‘Elais’ Oleaginous Products A.E. a F
Unilever Hellas A.E.B.E. a FP
Hungary
Unilever Magyarország Kft a FP
Ireland
Lever Fabergé Ireland Ltd. b P
Unilever Bestfoods (Ireland) Limited b F
Italy
Lever Fabergé Italia Srl d P
Sagit Srl d F
Unilever Bestfoods Italia Srl d F
Unilever Italia SpA d H
Latvia
Unilever Baltic LLC a FP
Lithuania
Unilever Lietuva UAB a FP
The Netherlands
Iglo Mora Groep B.V. a F
Lever Fabergé Nederland B.V. a P
Mixhold B.V. d H
Unilever Bestfoods Nederland B.V. d F
Unilever N.V.(2) H
Unilever Nederland B.V. a H
Norway
Unilever Bestfoods AS a F
Poland
99 Unilever Polska S.A. d FP
Portugal
74 IgloOlá-Distribuição de Gelados e de
Ultracongelados Lda. a F
60 LeverElida-Distribuição de Produtos de
Limpeza e Higiene Pessoal Lda. a P
Unilever Bestfoods Portugal-Produtos
Alimentares S.A. d F
(1) Due to the inclusion of the partnerships in the consolidated
group accounts of Unilever, para 264(b) of the German trade
law grants an exemption from the duty to prepare individual
statutory financial statements and management reports in
accordance with the requirements for limited liability companies
and to have these audited.
(2) See ‘Basis of consolidation’ on page 73.
142 Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2003