Annual Review 1985
Unilever in 1985 ANNUAL REPORT AND SALIENT FIGURES Unilever in 1985 Annual Report and Salient Figures 1 UNILEVER N.V. ANNUAL REPORT 1985 AND SALIENT FIGURES Contents Page Unilever 2 Financial highlights 3 The Board 4 Foreword 5 Directors’ report - general 6 - review by regions 9 - review by operations - other subjects :i!i Salient figures 31 Capital and listing 39 Dates for dividend and interest payments 39 Introduction The first part of this booklet comprises an English translation of the Unilever N.V. Directors’ Report for 1985, preceded by a foreword from the Chairmen of the two Unilever parent companies. The second part, entitled ‘Salient Figures’, contains extracts from the combined consolidated annual accounts 1985 of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC, comparative figures for earlier years, and further information of interest to shareholders. Except where stated otherwise, currency figures in tCis booklet are expressed in guilders and are for N.V. and PLC combined. The complete Unilever N.V. annual accounts for 1985, together with the auditors’ report thereon and some additional information, are contained in a separate publication in Dutch, which is also available in an English translation entitled Unilever in 1985, Annual Accounts’. That booklet comprises the annual accounts expressed in guilders of N.V. and the N.V. Group, the PLC Group, and the combined N.V. and PLC Groups. The original Dutch versions of the two booklets mentioned above together comprise the complete annual report and accounts and further statutory information, as drawn up by the Board of Directors of Unilever N.V. in accordance with Dutch legislation.
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