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Unilever Group Notes to the consolidated accounts
6 Taxation on profit on ordinary activities (continued)
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Analyses of European and non-European profit on ordinary
activities before taxation, and of the actual taxation charge
thereon, are as follows:
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Fl. million
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1999 1998 1997
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Profit on ordinary activities
before taxation
Europe:
Parent and group companies 5 173 5 845 7 212
Joint ventures 27 12 24
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5 200 5 857 7 236
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Outside Europe:
Group companies 4 312 4 230 8 146
Joint ventures 54 57 34
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4 366 4 287 8 180
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Total 9 566 10 144 15 416
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Taxation on profit on
ordinary activities
Europe:
Parent and group companies
Taxes payable (1 675) (2 402) (1 972)
Deferred taxation 283 237 300
of which:
Accelerated depreciation 209 262 90
Other 74 (25) 210
Joint ventures (10) (4) (5)
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(1 402) (2 169) (1 677)
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Outside Europe:
Group companies
Taxes payable (1 701) (983) (2 888)
Deferred taxation 88 (185) 383
of which:
Accelerated depreciation (22) (85) 207
Other 110 (100) 176
Joint ventures (2) (1) (3)
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(1 615) (1 169) (2 508)
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Total (3 017) (3 338) (4 185)
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7 Dividends on ordinary capital
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Dividends on ordinary capital
Interim (857) (831) (756)
Normal final (1 886) (1 896) (1 521)
Special final (a) (16 374)
(a) Assuming all shareholders had elected to take the cash dividend,
further details are set out in note 19 on page 79 and note 20 on
page 80.
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8 Goodwill and intangible assets (a)
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Fl. million
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1999
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Cost
1 January 641
Acquisitions/disposals 731
Currency retranslation 115
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31 December (b) 1 487
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Amortisation
1 January 15
Charged to profit and loss account 50
Currency retranslation 4
1110
31 December 69
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Net book value 31 December (b) 1 418
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(a) Arising on businesses purchased after 1 January 1998.
(b) Of which identifiable intangibles have a net book value of
Fl. 205 million and a cost of Fl. 220 million.
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9 Tangible fixed assets
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1999 1998
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At cost less depreciation:
Land and buildings (a) 6 019 5 631
Plant and machinery 13 421 12 414
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19 440 18 045
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(a) includes: freehold land 722 675
leasehold land
(mainly long-term leases) 205 168
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Approximate current replacement cost
of tangible fixed asssets net of
accumulated current cost depreciation 22 559 21 255
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On current replacement cost basis the
depreciation charge to the profit and
loss account would have been
increased by (559) (565)
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Commitments for capital expenditure
at 31 December 547 627
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