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Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2008 139
Financial statements
Financial record Unilever Group
Exchange rates
The information in the following table is based on exchange rates between euros and US dollars and between euros and sterling. These
translation rates were used in preparation of the accounts:
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Year end
€1=US$ 1.4170 1.471 1.317 1.184 1.366
€1=£ 0.9773 0.734 0.671 0.686 0.707
Annual average
€1=US$ 1.4680 1.364 1.254 1.244 1.238
€1=£ 0.7880 0.682 0.682 0.684 0.678
Noon Buying Rates in New York for cable transfers in foreign currencies as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York were as follows:
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Year end
€1=US$ 1.3919 1.460 1.320 1.184 1.354
Annual average
€1=US$ 1.4726 1.371 1.256 1.245 1.239
High
€1=US$ 1.6010 1.486 1.333 1.348 1.363
Low
€1=US$ 1.2446 1.290 1.186 1.167 1.180
High and low exchange rate values for each of the last six months:
September October November December January February
2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009
High
€1 = US $ 1.4737 1.4058 1.3039 1.4358 1.3946 1.3064
Low
€1 = US $ 1.3939 1.2446 1.2525 1.2634 1.2804 1.2547
On 27 February 2009, the exchange rates between euros and US dollars and between euros and sterling were as follows: €1.00 = US $1.2662
and €1.00 = £0.8869.