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Unilever PLC11 February 2005 Following on from the organisational changes announced yesterday, we havedecided to change the date of the Unilever N.V. Annual General Meeting (AGM) toallow Antony Burgmans and Patrick Cescau to attend both the Unilever N.V. andUnilever PLC AGMs. The Unilever N.V. AGM will be held on Tuesday 10 May 2005, and the Unilever PLCAGM will be held on Wednesday 11 May 2005. As the Final dividends for Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC are declared at theAGMs, this change has impacted on our 2005 Financial Calendar, and a revisedcalendar is provided below. UNILEVER FINANCIAL CALENDAR 2005 The payment timetable for Unilever 2004 final dividends and the 2005 interimdividends on ordinary shares will be as follows: FINAL FOR 2004 UNILEVER PLC PLC ADRS Proposal Announced 10 February 2005 10 February 2005Declaration (at AGM) 11 May 2005 11 May 2005Ex-dividend date 18 May 2005 18 May 2005Record Date 20 May 2005 20 May 2005Payment Date 13 June 2005 13 June 2005 FINAL FOR 2004 UNILEVER NV NV NEW YORK SHARES Proposal Announced 10 February 2005 10 February 2005Declaration (at AGM) 10 May 2005 10 May 2005Ex-dividend date 12 May 2005 12 May 2005Record date 11 May 2005 16 May 2005Payment Date 13 June 2005 13 June 2005 INTERIM FOR 2005 UNILEVER PLC PLC ADRS Announced 03 November 2005 03 November 2005Ex-dividend date 16 November 2005 16 November 2005Record date 18 November 2005 18 November 2005Payment date 02 December 2005 02 December 2005 INTERIM FOR 2005 UNILEVER NV NV NEW YORK SHARES Announced 03 November 2005 03 November 2005Ex-dividend date 04 November 2005 04 November 2005Record date 03 November 2005 08 November 2005Payment date 02 December 2005 02 December 2005 UNILEVER NV Announced Ex-dividend date Record date Payment datecumulative preference shares 4% 9 December 2005 12 December 2005 9 December 2005 2 January 2006 6% and 7% 9 September 2005 12 September 2005 9 September 2005 3 October 2005 • 0.05 (NLG 0.10)* 27 May 2005 25 November 2005* 30 May 2005 27 May 2005 9 June 2005 28 November 2005* 25 November 2005* 9 December 2005* OTHER KEY FINANCIAL DATES FOR 2005 Financial results will be published at 07.00hrs UK time (08.00 CET) on thefollowing dates: Q4 Thursday, 10 February 2005 Q1 Friday, 6 May 2005 Q2 Thursday, 4 August 2005 Q3 Thursday, 3 November 2005 Q4 Thursday, 9 February 2006 The Annual General Meetings of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC will be held onTuesday, 10 May 2005, and Wednesday 11 May 2005 in Rotterdam and Londonrespectively. * On 10 February 2005 Unilever NV announced its decision to convert alloutstanding EUR 0.05 (NLG 0.10) cumulative preference shares on 15 February 2005after close of trading. Upon conversion, the holders of these cumulativepreference shares will receive (scrips of) Unilever N.V. ordinary shares and thenotional value of the cumulative preference shares of EUR 6.58 (NLG 14.50),which remain outstanding, will be reduced to EUR 0.05 (NLG 0.10). It will beproposed at the Unilever N.V. Annual General Meeting of shareholders to be heldin May 2005 that all outstanding cumulative preference shares are cancelled uponrepayment of this notional value of NLG 0.10 and accrued dividends. The (scripsof) ordinary shares to be received in the conversion are entitled to the finaldividend of the financial year 2004. The dividend on the cumulative preferenceshares will, in accordance with Unilever NV's articles of association, becalculated on a pro-rata basis, taking into account the notional values for therelevant part of the dividend period. The next date for payment of a dividend onthese cumulative preference shares is 9 June 2005. Upon adoption of the proposalto cancel these cumulative preference shares, it is intended that the nextfollowing payment of dividend and the repayment of the remaining notional valueof the cancelled cumulative preference shares will occur at the moment ofcancellation. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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