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2 Unilever Annual Report on Form 20-F 1999
Cross reference to Form 20-F
Item page
1 Description of the business
Selected financial data 9-10
About Unilever 11-12
Recent acquisitions and disposals 15
Operating review 39-42
2 Description of property 42
3 Legal proceedings 42
4 Control of Unilever 118-121
5 Nature of trading market 123
6 Exchange controls and other limitations
affecting security holdings 122
7 Taxation 124-125
8 Selected financial data
Selected financial data 6-8
Dividends 126
9 Management’s discussion and analysis of
financial condition and results of operations
Performance review 13-34
Financial review 35-38
9a Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about
market risk
Managing market risks 37-38
10 Directors and other officers of Registrant
Corporate governance 43-48
11 Compensation of directors and officers
Remuneration report 49-54
12 Options to purchase securities from Registrant
or subsidiaries
Remuneration report – Share options 54-59
13 Interest of management in certain transactions n/a
14 Description of securities to be registered n/a
15 Defaults upon senior securities n/a
16 Changes in securities and changes in security for
registered securities n/a
17 Financial statements n/a
18 Financial statements
Report of independent auditors 61
Accounting information and policies 62-65
Consolidated profit and loss account 66
Statement of total recognised gains and losses 66
Consolidated balance sheet 67
Consolidated cash flow statement 68
Notes to the consolidated accounts 69-104
Schedules – Unilever Group 105
Key divergence statements from United States GAAP 106
Differences from United States GAAP 107
Principal group companies and fixed investments 108-110
Cautionary Statement
The Annual Report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and section 21E of the US Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
We believe that the expectations reflected in these statements are reasonable. However, no assurance can be given that such
expectations will prove to have been correct. Accordingly, results could differ materially from those set out in the forward-looking
statements as a result of, among other factors, price fluctuations; currency fluctuations; loss of market; environmental risks; physical
risks; and legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments.