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1Report of the Directors About Unilever
ABOUT UNILEVER
2 Chairman’s statement
4 Chief Executive Officer’s review
6 Operational highlights
8 Our Compass strategy
9 Our business model
10 Unilever Sustainable Living Plan
12 Winning with brands and innovation
16 Winning in the market place
20 Winning through continuous improvement
24 Winning with people
28 Financial review 2012
36 Risks
GOVERNANCE
42 Biographies
44 Corporate governance
56 Report of the Audit Committee
58 Report of the Corporate
Responsibility Committee
60 Report of the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee
62 Directors’ Remuneration Report
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
83 Statement of Directors’ responsibilities
84 Auditors’ reports
86 Consolidated income statement
87 Consolidated statement of
comprehensive income
87 Consolidated statement of changes
in equity
88 Consolidated balance sheet
89 Consolidated cash flow statement
90 Notes to the consolidated
financial statements
132 Company accounts
SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
144 Financial calendar
144 Contact details
145 W ebsite
145 Share registration
145 Publications
148 I ndex
Our Annual Report
and Accounts 2012 is
complemented by:
1) The Unilever Sustainable
Living Plan: Progress Report
2012, a printed report outlining
performance against our
USLP targets for the period
1 January-31 December 2012, to be
published in April 2013; and
2) The online Unilever Sustainable
Living Report for 2012, which covers
our USLP targets, the scope of our
assurance programme and a wealth of
information on our approach to running
a responsible business.
See www.unilever.com/sustainable-living
Other information
The brand names shown in this report are trademarks owned by or
licensed to companies within the Unilever Group. This document
contains certain statements that are neither reported financial results
norother historical information. These statements are forward-looking
statements, including within themeaning of the United States Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially
from those disclosed in our forward-looking statements. For a description of
factors that could affect future results, reference should be made to the full
‘Cautionary statement’ on the inside back cover and tothe section entitled ‘Risks’
on pages 36 to 41. For information about our non-GAAP measures, see pages 34
and 35. In our report we make reference to Unilever’s and other third-party
websites, and to social media sites. Information onwebsites and/or social media sites
is not incorporated herein and does not form part of this document. This Annual Report
comprises regulated information within the meaning of sections 1:1 and 5:25c of the Act
on Financial Supervision (“Wet ophetfinancieel toezicht (Wft)”) in the Netherlands.