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4 OTHER REPORTIN
Our report on the Report of the Drectors and the other
nformaton s unmodfed
Pursuant to the legal requrement under Part 9 of Book 2
of the Netherlands vl ode
• we have no defcences to report as a result of our
examnaton whether the Report of the Drectors, to the
extent we can assess, has been prepared n accordance
wth Part 9 of Book 2 of ths ode, and whether the
nformaton as requred under Part 9 of Book 2 has been
annexed and
• further we report that the Report of the Drectors, to the
extent we can assess, s consstent wth the onsoldated
Fnancal Statements and the NV ompany Accounts as
requred by Artcle 2391 sub 4 of the Netherlands vl ode
Engagement
We have been engaged by the eneral Meetng at 14 May 2015 as
audtor of Unlever NV snce the audt of year 2014 and we are
the statutory audtor snce that date up untl today
Independence
We are ndependent of the Unlever roup n accordance wth
the Regulaton regardng the Independence of Audtors n
the case of Assurance Engagements (‘Verordenng nzake de
onafhankelkhed van accountants b assurance-opdrachten’
(VO)) and other relevant ndependence regulatons n the
Netherlands Furthermore we have compled wth the
Regulaton ode of onduct and Professonal Practce Audtors
(‘Verordenng gedrags-en beroepsregels accountants’ (VBA))
Our opnon on other matters prescrbed by the ompanes
Act 2006 s unmodfed
In our opnon
• the part of the Drectors’ Remuneraton Report to be audted
has been properly prepared n accordance wth the
ompanes Act 2006 and
• the nformaton gven n the Strategc Report and the Drectors’
Report for the fnancal year s consstent wth the onsoldated
Fnancal Statements and the PL ompany Accounts
Based solely on the work requred to be undertaken n the
course of the audt of the Fnancal Statements and from readng
the Strategc Report and the Drectors’ Report
• we have not dentfed materal msstatements n those
reports and
• n our opnon, those reports have been prepared n
accordance wth the ompanes Act 2006
We have nothng to report on the dsclosure of prncpal rsks
Based on the knowledge we acqured durng our audt, we have
nothng materal to add or draw attenton to n relaton to
• the drectors’ vablty statement on pages 53 to 54, concernng
the prncpal rsks, ther management, and, based on that, the
drectors’ assessment and expectatons of the roup’s
contnung operaton over the three years to 2018 or
• the dsclosure n note 1 of the fnancal statements
concernng the use of the gong concern bass of accountng
We have nothng to report n respect of the matters on whch
we are requred to report by excepton
Under ISAs (UK and Ireland) we are requred to report to you f, based
on the knowledge we acqured durng our audt, we have dentfed
other nformaton n the Annual Report that contans a materal
nconsstency wth ether that knowledge or the onsoldated
Fnancal Statements and/or the PL ompany Accounts, a
materal msstatement of fact, or that s otherwse msleadng
In partcular, we are requred to report to you f
• we have dentfed materal nconsstences between the
knowledge we acqured durng our audt and the Drectors’
statement that they consder that the Annual Report and
Fnancal Statements taken as a whole s far, balanced and
understandable and provdes the nformaton necessary for
shareholders to assess the roup’s performance, busness
model and strategy or
• the Report of the Audt ommttee does not approprately
address matters communcated by us to the Audt ommttee
Under the ompanes Act 2006 we are requred to report to you
f, n our opnon
• adequate accountng records have not been kept by Unlever
PL, or returns adequate for our audt have not been
receved from branches not vsted by us or
• the PL ompany Accounts and the part of the Drectors’
Remuneraton Report to be audted are not n agreement
wth the accountng records and returns or
• certan dsclosures of Drectors’ remuneraton specfed
by law are not made or
• we have not receved all the nformaton and explanatons
we requre for our audt
Under the Lstng Rules we are requred to revew
• the Drectors’ statement, set out on page 84 and pages 53 to
54, n relaton to gong concern and longer term vablty and
• the part of the orporate overnance Statement on pages
50 to 52 relatng to Unlever PL’s complance wth the eleven
provsons of the 2014 UK orporate overnance ode specfed
for our revew
We have nothng to report n respect of the above responsbltes
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