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136 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2010
Financial statements
Notes to the company accounts Unilever PLC
Intangible assets £ million £ million
2010 2009
(a)
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Finite-lived intangible assets
47
1
6
1
48 7
(a) The movement in the year is the acquisition of several Sara
Leetrademarks.
Fixed
asset investments
£
million
2010
£ million
2009
Shares in group (b)
companies 5,942 5,929
(b) The movement in
groupcompany.
the year is an additional investment in a
Debtors £ million £ million
2010 2009
Due within one year:
Amounts owed by group companies 544 374
Other
1 1
545 375
Creditors
£
million
2010
£ million
2009
Due within one year:
Amounts owed to group companies
Taxation and social security
Accruals and deferred income
Other
Due after more than one year:
(c)
Bonds and other loans
3,857
56
11
9
3,687
63
11
–
3,933 3,761
744 743
(c) In
•
•
2009 Unilever PLC issued the following senior notes:
on 19 March £350 million at 4.0% maturing December
(year-end value at amortised cost £347 million); and
on 17 June £400 million at 4.75% maturing June 2017
(year-end value amortised cost £397 million).
2014
Provisions for liabilities
andsimilar obligations)
and charges
(excluding
pensions
£ million
2010
£ million
2009
Deferred taxation
(d)
Other provisions
Of which due within
one
year
9
41
10
–
50 10
41 –
(d) Other provisions comprise of PLC's share of a provision for
potential infringement of competition law in the European
Further information is given in note 25 to the consolidated
on page 116.
the
Union.
accounts
Ordinary share capital
The called up share capital amounting to £41 million consists of
1,310,156,361 PLC ordinary shares and 100,000 PLC deferred stock.
The deferred stock of PLC are held as to one half of each class by
N.V. Elma – a subsidiary of NV – and one half by United Holdings Ltd
– asubsidiary of PLC. Further details are given in note 22 to the
consolidated accounts on page 113.
Other reserves
The own ordinary shares held by PLC amount to 31,535,271
(2009:33,874,834) 31/9p and are included in Other reserves.
£ million £ million
1 January
2010
(455)
2009
(489)
Change in book
31 December
value
of shares
27
(428)
34
(455)
Profit retained £ million £ million
1 January
2010
2,106
2009
1,951
Profit for the year 879 977
Other income 5 –
Final dividend 2008 on ordinary and
deferred shares – (513)
Interim dividend 2009 on ordinary and
deferred shares – (309)
Quarterly dividend announced with Q4 2009 results (217) –
Quarterly dividend announced with Q1 2010 results (231) –
Quarterly dividend announced with Q2 2010 results (220) –
Quarterly dividend announced with Q3
31 December
2010
results
(232)
2,090
–
2,106
Contingent liabilities
Contingent liabilities are not expected to give rise to any material
lossand include guarantees given for group companies. The fair value of
such guarantees is not significant in either 2009 or 2010. The
guarantees issued to other companies were immaterial.
Remuneration of auditors
The parent company accounts of Unilever PLC are required to comply
with The Companies (Disclosure of Auditor Remuneration) Regulations
2005. Auditors’ remuneration in respect of Unilever PLC is included
within the disclosures in note 31 on page 123.
Profit appropriation £ million £ million
Profit for the year (available for distribution)
2010
879
2009
977
Interim dividend already paid – (309)
Dividend announced with Q1 2010 results (231) –
Dividend announced with Q2 2010 results (220) –
Dividend announced with Q3 2010 results
To profit retained
(232)
196
–
668
Post balance sheet event
On 3 February 2011 the Directors announced a dividend of
£0.1775perUnilever PLC ordinary share. The dividend is payable
from16 March 2011 to shareholders registered at close of business
on11 February 2011.