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ABOUT UNILEVER GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
143Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2012 Financial statements
Suppler payment polces
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 UK Companies Act
2006. PLC, as a holding company, does not itself make any
relevant payments in this respect.
Audtors and dsclosure of nformaton to audtors
A resolution will be proposed at the AGM on 15 May 2013 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 Unilever PLC’s
auditors are aware of any such information.
Authorty to purchase own shares
At the AGM of PLC held on 9 May 2012, authority was given to
make market purchases of PLC ordinary shares of 31⁄9p each, to
a maximum of 128 million shares. This authority will expire at the
AGM on 15 May 2013, 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 on page 55 and in note 4 to the
consolidated accounts on pages 101 and 102.
This Directors’ Report of Unilever PLC has been approved
by the Board and signed on their behalf by Tonia Lovell –
Group Secretary.
Other nformaton
Other nformaton
UK aptal ans Tax
1
The market value of PLC 3 /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.
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