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122
FURTHER STATUTORY AND OTHER INFORMATION UNILEVER PLC continued
Supplier payment policies
Individual operating companies are responsible for agreeing
theterms and conditions under which business transactions
withtheir suppliers are conducted. The Directors’ reports of the
United Kingdom operating companies give information about their
supplier payment policies as required by the Companies Act 2006.
PLC, as a holding company, does not itself make any relevant
payments in this respect.
Auditors and disclosure of information to auditors
A resolution will be proposed at the AGM on 9 May 2012 for the
re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors
ofPLC. The present appointment will end at the conclusion of
theAGM.
To the best of each of the Directors’ knowledge and belief, and
having made appropriate enquiries of other officers of the
Unilever Group, all information relevant to enabling the auditors to
provide their opinions on PLC’s consolidated and parent company
accounts has been provided. Each of the Directors has taken all
reasonable steps to ensure their awareness of any relevant audit
information and to establish that the company’s auditors are
aware of any such information.
Authority to purchase own shares
At the AGM of PLC held on 11 May 2011, authority was given to
make market purchases of PLC ordinary shares of 31⁄9p each, to a
maximum of 131 million shares. This authority will expire at the
AGM on 9 May 2012, and a resolution will be proposed to renew
the authority.
Details of shares purchased by an employee share trust and
Unilever group companies to satisfy options granted under PLC’s
employee share schemes are given in note 4 to the consolidated
accounts on pages 79 and 80 and on page 124.
UK Capital Gains Tax
The market value of PLC 31/9p ordinary shares at 31 March 1982
would have been 76.84p per share. Since 1982, PLC ordinary
shares have been sub-divided on two occasions and consolidated
on two occasions. First, with effect on 26 June 1987, the 25p
shares were split into five shares of 5p each. Secondly, with effect
on 13 October 1997, the 5p shares were split into four shares of
1.25p each. Thirdly, with effect on 10 May 1999, the shares were
consolidated by replacing every 112 shares of 1.25p each with 100
shares of 1.4p each. Lastly, with effect on 22 May 2006, the shares
were consolidated by replacing every 20 shares of 1.4p each with
nine shares of 31/9p each.
Corporate Centre Unilever PLC Registered Office
Unilever PLC Port Sunlight
Unilever House Wirral
100 Victoria Embankment Merseyside CH62 4ZD
London EC4Y 0DY Registered number 41424
Unilever PLC Registrars
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The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road
Bristol BS99 6ZY
By Order of the Board
T E Lovell
Secretary of Unilever PLC
28 February 2012
Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2011
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