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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st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 attrbutable to the acquston or dsposal of group companes
 mllon
2015
 mllon
2014
 mllon
2013
Turnover 53,272 48,436 49,797
ost of sales (30,808) (28,387) (29,065)
of whch Dstrbuton costs (3,358) (3,079) (3,139)
ross proft 22,464 20,049 20,732
Sellng and admnstratve expenses (14,949) (12,069) (13,215)
of whch Brand and Marketng Investment (8,003) (7,166) (7,383)
Research and Development (1,005) (955) (1,040)
Operatng proft 7,515 7,980 7,517
NONORE ITEMS
Non-core tems are dsclosed on the face of the ncome statement to provde addtonal nformaton to users to help them better
understand underlyng busness performance
 mllon
2015
 mllon
2014
 mllon
2013
Acquston and dsposal related costs (105) (97) (112)
an/(loss) on dsposal of group companes(a) (9) 1,392 733
Imparments and other one-off tems(b) (236) (335) (120)
Non-core tems before tax (350) 960 501
Tax mpact of non-core tems 49 (423) (266)
Non-core tems after tax (301) 537 235
Attrbutable to
Non-controllng nterests – – –
Shareholders’ equty (301) 537 235
(a) 2014 ncludes a gan of 1,316 mllon from the sale of the Ragu & Bertoll brands and related assets The total cash consderaton for ths transacton was
approxmately US$215 bllon
(b) 2015 ncludes foregn exchange losses resultng from remeasurement of the Venezuelan and Argentnan busnesses amountng to 136 mllon Also
ncluded n 2015 s an 86 mllon charge for legal cases pertanng to a number of nvestgatons by local competton regulators (2014 30 mllon, 2013
120 mllon) and 14 mllon relatng to other one-off legal cases (2014 and 2013 nl) 2014 ncludes an mparment charge of 305 mllon on assets related
to the SlmFast busness
OTHER
Other sgnfcant cost tems by nature wthn operatng costs nclude
Notes
 mllon
2015
 mllon
2014
 mllon
2013
Staff costs 4A (6,555) (6,054) (6,194)
Raw and packagng materals and goods purchased for resale (21,543) (19,816) (20,149)
Amortsaton of fnte-lfe ntangble assets and software 9(273) (180) (167)
Deprecaton of property, plant and equpment 10 (1,097) (947) (984)
Exchange gans/(losses) (87) 12 (35)
On underlyng transactons (118) 15 (48)
On coverng forward contracts 31 (3) 13
Lease rentals (534) (535) (489)
Mnmum operatng lease payments (546) (544) (523)
ontngent operatng lease payments – – (5)
Less Sub-lease ncome relatng to operatng lease agreements 12 9 39
98 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2015Financial statements
NOTES TO THE ONSOLIDATED FINANIAL STATEMENTS
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