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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: • • • 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. 00000000000000001111 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 0000000011111101111 01111 01111 01111 01111 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 00000000111111011111101111110111111011110111111 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 00000000000000001111 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
Financial calendar and addresses Annual General Meetings 00000000 0000000011 NV PLC 00000000 0000000011 10.30 am Wednesday 3 May 2000 11.00 am Wednesday 3 May 2000 Concert- en Congresgebouw de Doelen The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Entrance Kruisplein Broad Sanctuary, Westminster Rotterdam London SW1P 3EE 00000000 0000000011 Announcements of results 0005111 0005111 0005111 00001111 First quarter 10 May 2000 Nine months 3 November 2000 First half year 4 August 2000 Provisional for year 8 February 2001 0005111 0005111 0005111 00001111 Dividends on ordinary capital 0005111 005111 005111 005111 0001111 Final for 1999 NV PLC NV New York Shares PLC American Shares 0005111 005111 005111 005111 0001111 Proposal announced 22 February 2000 22 February 2000 22 February 2000 22 February 2000 Ex-dividend date 5 May 2000 17 April 2000 8 May 2000 20 April 2000 Record date 4 May 2000 25 April 2000 10 May 2000 25 April 2000 Declaration 3 May 2000 3 May 2000 3 May 2000 3 May 2000 Payment date 22 May 2000 22 May 2000 30 May 2000 30 May 2000 0005111 005111 005111 005111 0001111 Interim for 2000 NV PLC NV New York Shares PLC American Shares 0005111 005111 005111 005111 0001111 Announced 3 November 2000 3 November 2000 3 November 2000 3 November 2000 Ex-dividend date 6 November 2000 13 November 2000 8 November 2000 15 November 2000 Record date 3 November 2000 17 November 2000 10 November 2000 17 November 2000 Payment date 18 December 2000 18 December 2000 18 December 2000 26 December 2000 0005111 005111 005111 005111 0001111 Preferential dividends 0005111 0000000000001111 NV 0005111 0000000000001111 4% Preference Paid 1 January 6% Preference Paid 1 October 7% Preference Paid 1 October 10 cents Preference Paid 9 June and 9 December 0005111 0000000000001111 Contact details Rotterdam London New York 000005111 000005111 00001111 Unilever N.V. Unilever PLC Unilever United States, Inc. Corporate Relations Department Corporate Relations Department Corporate Relations Department Weena 455, P0 Box 760 P0 Box 68, Unilever House 390 Park Avenue, New York 3000 DK Rotterdam Blackfriars, London EC4P 4BQ NY 10022-4698 Telephone +31 (0)10 217 4848 Telephone +44 (0)20 7822 5794 Telephone + 1 212 906 4240 Telefax +31 (0)10 217 4587 Telefax +44 (0)20 7822 6907 Telefax + 1 212 906 4666 e-mail: e-mail: e-mail: corporate.relations-rotterdam corporate.relations-london corporate.relations-newyork @unilever.com @unilever.com @unilever.com 000005111 000005111 00001111
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