Report & accounts 2002 in full - Unilever

4 Financial highlights
at current rates of exchange
Combined earnings per share and dividends
Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2002
Ordinary €0.51 shares of NV (a)
Ordinary 1.4p shares of PLC
2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002
Basic earnings per share €1.07 €1.82 €2.14 €0.16 €0.27 €0.32
9.79p 16.96p 20.13p
Basic earnings per share (BEIA) €3.21 €3.55 €4.06 €0.48 €0.53 €0.61
29.34p 33.15p 38.22p
Diluted earnings per share €1.05 €1.77 €2.07 €0.16 €0.27 €0.31
9.55p 16.51p 19.53p
Dividend per share €1.43 €1.56 €1.70 13.07p 14.54p 16.04p
Combined earnings per share and dividends for shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(on a UK GAAP basis) in US dollars
New York €0.51 shares of NV (a)
5.6p American Depositary Receipts of PLC
2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002
Basic earnings per share $0.99 $1.63 $2.01 $0.59 $0.98 $1.21
Basic earnings per share (BEIA) $2.96 $3.18 $3.81 $1.77 $1.91 $2.29
Diluted earnings per share $0.96 $1.58 $1.95 $0.58 $0.95 $1.17
Dividend per share (b)(c) $1.25 $1.42 $1.77 $0.76 $0.85 $1.03
(a) For NV share capital, the euro amounts shown above and elsewhere in this document are representations in euros on the basis of
Article 67c of Book 2 of the Civil Code in the Netherlands, rounded to two decimal places, of underlying share capital in Dutch
guilders, which have not been converted into euros in NV’s Articles of Association. Until conversion formally takes place by amendment
of the Articles of Association the entitlements to dividends and voting rights are based on the underlying Dutch guilder amounts.
(b) Rounded to two decimal places.
(c) Actual dividends payable for 2002 on NV New York shares and American Depositary Receipts of PLC may differ from those shown
above, which include final dividend values calculated using the rates of exchange ruling on 12 February 2003 (€1.00 = $1.0735,
£1.00 = $1.6173).