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Articles of Association of Unilever N.V.

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Section VII<br />

Notices, notifications and announcements<br />

Article 33<br />

All notices by the Company shall be published in at least two Dutch daily newspapers to be<br />

selected by the Board <strong>of</strong> Directors. The Board <strong>of</strong> Directors may, subject to the regulations<br />

<strong>of</strong> stock exchanges where shares in the Company are listed, resolve that the publications as<br />

referred to in the previous sentence are replaced by an announcement on the Company’s<br />

website, which announcement must be permanently and directly accessible until the General<br />

Meeting. Other notifications and announcements by the Company shall be made in the manner<br />

determined by the Board <strong>of</strong> Directors.<br />

The provisions <strong>of</strong> this article shall apply save in so far as otherwise provided in these <strong>Articles</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Association</strong> and without prejudice to any additional, legal or regulatory publication<br />

requirements.<br />

Annual General Meeting<br />

Article 34<br />

34.1 The General Meetings shall be distinguished between Annual General Meetings and<br />

extraordinary General Meetings and shall be convened by the Board <strong>of</strong> Directors.<br />

34.2 The Annual General Meeting shall be held not later than the month <strong>of</strong> June.<br />

34.3 The agenda for the Annual General Meeting shall in any case include the following<br />

items:<br />

a. consideration <strong>of</strong> the Annual Report submitted by the Board <strong>of</strong> Directors including a<br />

separate chapter as meant in the code referred to in section 2:391, paragraph 5 <strong>of</strong><br />

the Civil Code;<br />

b. adoption <strong>of</strong> the Annual Accounts drawn up by the Board <strong>of</strong> Directors, which<br />

Annual Accounts include the appropriation <strong>of</strong> the pr<strong>of</strong>it realised in the preceding<br />

financial year, subject to the provisions <strong>of</strong> Article 38 here<strong>of</strong>;<br />

c. the granting <strong>of</strong> discharge to the Executive Directors for the fulfilment <strong>of</strong> their task in<br />

the preceding financial year;<br />

d. the granting <strong>of</strong> discharge to the Non-Executive Directors for the fulfilment <strong>of</strong> their<br />

task in the preceding financial year;<br />

e. appointment <strong>of</strong> Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors;<br />

f. appointment <strong>of</strong> one or more experts charged with the auditing <strong>of</strong> the Annual<br />

Accounts for the current year or charged with rendering a statement with respect<br />

to the Company’s financial accounting documents;<br />

g. consideration <strong>of</strong> the other items on the agenda referred to in Article 28 here<strong>of</strong>.<br />

32 <strong>Unilever</strong> N.V. <strong>Articles</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Association</strong> 2009

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