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3 ROSS PROFIT AND OPERATIN OSTS
RESEARH AND MARKET SUPPORT OSTS
Expendture on research and market support, such as advertsng, s charged to the ncome statement as ncurred
NONORE ITEMS
Dsclosed on the face of the ncome statement are costs and revenues relatng to busness dsposals, acquston and dsposal
related costs, mparments and other one-off tems, whch we collectvely term non-core tems due to ther nature and frequency
of occurrence These tems are materal n terms of nature and/or amount and are relevant to an understandng of our fnancal
performance
Busness dsposals generate both gans and losses whch are not reflectve of underlyng performance Acquston and dsposal
related costs are charges drectly attrbutable to the acquston or dsposal of group companes
 mllon
2014
 mllon
2013
 mllon
2012
Turnover 48,436 49,797 51,324
ost of sales(a) (28,387) (29,065) (30,530)
of whch Dstrbuton costs (3,079) (3,139) (3,264)
ross proft(a) 20,049 20,732 20,794
Sellng and admnstratve expenses(a) (12,069) (13,215) (13,817)
of whch Brand and Marketng Investment(a) (7,166) (7,383) (7,311)
Research and Development (955) (1,040) (1,003)
Operatng proft 7,980 7,517 6,977
(a) Advertsng and Promotons are renamed to ‘Brand and Marketng Investment’ (BMI) after movng sales equpment costs from cost of sales to BMI and
movng cost of merchandsers and consumer engagement centres from Overheads to BMI
NONORE ITEMS
Non-core tems are dsclosed on the face of the ncome statement to provde addtonal nformaton to users to help them better
understand underlyng busness performance
 mllon
2014
 mllon
2013
 mllon
2012
Acquston and dsposal related costs (97) (112) (190)
an/(loss) on dsposal of group companes 1,392 733 117
Imparments and other one-off tems(b) (335) (120) –
Non-core tems before tax 960 501 (73)
Tax mpact of non-core tems (423) (266) (14)
Non-core tems after tax 537 235 (87)
Attrbutable to
Non-controllng nterests – – –
Shareholders’ equty 537 235 (87)
(b) 2014 ncludes an mparment charge of 305 mllon on assets related to the SlmFast busness These assets were subsequently sold (see note 21)
2014 ncludes 30 mllon charge for legal cases pertanng to a number of nvestgatons by local competton regulators (2013 120 mllon)
OTHER
Other sgnfcant cost tems by nature wthn operatng costs nclude
Notes
 mllon
2014
 mllon
2013
 mllon
2012
Staff costs 4A (6,054) (6,194) (6,303)
Raw and packagng materals and goods purchased for resale (19,816) (20,149) (20,998)
Amortsaton of fnte-lfe ntangble assets and software 9 (180) (167) (213)
Deprecaton of property, plant and equpment 10 (947) (984) (986)
Exchange gans/(losses) 12 (35) (118)
On underlyng transactons 15 (48) (96)
On coverng forward contracts (3) 13 (22)
Lease rentals (535) (489) (558)
Mnmum operatng lease payments (544) (523) (558)
ontngent operatng lease payments – (5) (8)
Less Sub-lease ncome relatng to operatng lease agreements 9 39 8
92 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2014Financial statements
NOTES TO THE ONSOLIDATED FINANIAL STATEMENTS
UNILEVER ROUP ONTINUED