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Dividends
Our interim ordinary dividends are normally announced in
November and paid in December. Final ordinary dividends
are normally proposed in February and, if approved by
shareholders at the Annual General Meeting, paid in May.
The Annual General Meeting of 4 May 1999, approved:
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the payment of a special dividend of Fl. 14.50 per
existing ordinary share of NV.
the payment of a special dividend of 66.13p per
existing ordinary share of PLC.
the consolidation of our ordinary share capital on the
basis of 100 new ordinary shares for every 112 existing
ordinary shares on 10 May 1999.
As a result the denomination of the ordinary capital was
changed. The nominal value of NV ordinary shares is now
Fl. 1.12 per share, and of PLC ordinary shares is 1.4p per
share. The amount paid as a special dividend was
equivalent to approximately 10.6% of NV and PLC’s
combined market capitalisation prior to the announcement.
Dividends per Fl. 1.12 (1995-1998: Fl. 1) ordinary share
paid for the last five years are shown in the following
table. Dividends have been translated at the exchange
rates prevailing on the dates of declaration of the
dividends.
The interim dividend is normally 35% of the previous
year’s total normal dividend per share, based on the
stronger of our two reporting currencies over the first
nine months of the year. Equalisation of the dividend
in the other currency takes place at the average exchange
rate of the third quarter.
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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Interim Fl. per Fl. 1.12 (1995-1998: Fl. 1) 0.37 0.56 0.74 0.81 0.88
Exchange rate Fl. to $ 1.5804 1.6928 1.9208 1.8717 2.1173
Interim $ per Fl. 1.12 (1995-1998: Fl. 1) 0.234118 0.329336 0.385256 0.432762 0.415624
Normal final Fl. per Fl. 1.12 (1995-1998: Fl. 1) 1.18 1.19 1.49 1.70 1.91
Special final Fl. per Fl. 1 14.50
Normal final exchange rate Fl. to $ 1.7040 1.9459 1.9951 2.0861 2.4725
Special final exchange rate Fl. to $ 2.0861
Normal final $ per Fl. 1.12 (1995-1998: Fl. 1) 0.691021 0.610257 0.74683 0.814918 0.772497
Special final $ per Fl. 1 6.950769
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For the purposes of illustration, the US dollar dividends shown above are those paid on the Fl. 1.12 (1995-1998: Fl. 1) ordinary shares of NV registered in
New York. The above exchange rates were those ruling on the dates of declaration of the dividend.
SIGNATURE
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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant certifies that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
UNILEVER N.V.
J W B WESTERBURGEN 17 May 2000
SECRETARY