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Notes to the consolidated accounts Unilever Group
136 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2008
Financial statements
32 Remuneration of auditors
€ million € million € million
2008 2007 2006
Fees payable to PricewaterhouseCoopers(a) for the audit of the annual accounts
of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC (7) (5) (6)
Fees payable to PricewaterhouseCoopers(b) for the audit of accounts of
subsidiaries of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC pursuant to the legislation (15) (17) (20)
Total statutory audit fees(c) (22) (22) (26)
Other services supplied pursuant to such legislation(d) (1) (1) (1)
Other services relevant to taxation (2) (2) (2)
Services relating to corporate finance transactions(e) (2) (1) (2)
All other services(f) (1) (1) (1)
(a) Of which:
€2 million was paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. (2007: €1 million; 2006: €1 million); and
€5 million was paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (2007: €4 million; 2006: €5 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 (2007: €1 million; 2006: €1 million).
(d) Comprises other audit services, including audit and similar work that regulations 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 26 January 2009 we announced that we had signed an agreement to acquire the global TIGI professional hair product business and its
supporting advanced education academies for a cash consideration of US $411.5 million. The deal is subject to regulatory approval and is
expected to be completed by the end of March 2009.
On 12 February 2009 Unilever issued a bond composed of two senior notes: (i) US $750 million 3.65% fixed rate note which will mature in five
years and (ii) US $750 million 4.80% fixed rate note which will mature in ten years.