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ABOUT UNILEVER GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
129Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2012 Financial statements
24 Remuneraton of audtors24 Remuneraton of audtors
This note includes all amounts paid to the Group’s auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, whether in relation to their audit of the Group
orotherwise.
During the year the Group (including its subsidiaries) obtained the following services from the Group auditor and its associates:
 mllon
2012
€ million
2011
€ million
2010
Fees payable to PricewaterhouseCoopers(a) for the audit of the consolidated and parent
company accounts of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC 77 7
Fees payable to PricewaterhouseCoopers(b) for the audit of accounts of subsidiaries of
Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC pursuant to legislation 11 11 11
Total statutory audit fees(c) 18 18 18
Audit-related assurance services 22 1
Other taxation advisory services 11 1
Services relating to corporate finance transactions –– 1
Other assurance services –– 1
All other non-audit services –1 1
(a) Of which:
€1 million was paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. (2011: €1 million; 2010: €1 million); and
€6 million was paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (2011: €6 million; 2010: €6 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
(2011:€1 million; 2010: €1 million).
25 Events after the balance sheet date25 Events after the balance sheet date
Where events occurring after the balance sheet date provide evidence of conditions that existed at the end of the reporting period,
the impact of these events is adjusted within the financial statements. Otherwise, events after the balance sheet date of a material
size or nature are disclosed below.
On 3 January 2013 the Group announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its global Skippy business to Hormel Foods
for a total cash consideration of approximately US$700 million.
On 23 January 2013 Unilever announced a quarterly dividend with the 2012 fourth quarter results of €0.2430 per NV ordinary share
and £0.2039 per PLC ordinary share.