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23rd December, 1999
Unilever to acquire Indian tea gardens
23/12/1999 : Unilever has agreed to acquire a majority share of 65 per cent in the Indian tea business Rossell Industries Limited and will, together with its Indian subsidiary Hindustan Lever Limited, make a public offer in India for the remaining outstanding shares ...
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24th November, 1999
Unilever to acquire French culinary products business for £460 million/Fl. 1.5 billion
24/11/1999 : Unilever is to acquire Amora Maille, one of Europe’s leading culinary products businesses, for FFr 4.7 billion (£460m/Euro 715m approx/Fl. 1.5 billion).
Unilever to acquire French culinary products business for £460 million/Fl ...
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19th November, 1999
Swimming with the tide
19/11/1999 : Unilever joins international experts at world water conference.
Leading international environmental and water management experts along with senior Unilever representatives from around the world have taken part in a Sustainable Water and Integrated Catchment Management (SWIM) conference.The framework for SWIM is based on a set of principles developed by Unilever in consultation with a panel of international water management specialists and environment group Forum for the Future ...
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17th November, 1999
Unilever acquires controlling interest in Colombian business
17/11/1999 : Unilever has acquired a 60% controlling interest in the family-owned Colombian home and personal care company, Varela SA (Varela), for an undisclosed sum. As part of the deal, Unilever’s Colombian homecare business will be merged into the Varela operation.
Varela, founded in 1929 and still based in Cali, Colombia, holds strong market positions in the laundry soap and personal wash categories ...
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5th November, 1999
Unilever results: third quarter and first nine months 1999
05/11/1999 : Unilever today announced its third quarter and first nine months results for 1999. Full details can be found in the financial section of this site.
Unilever today announced its third quarter and first nine months results for 1999 ...
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28th October, 1999
Unilever and Cambridge University form partnership for science
28/10/1999 : One of the world's leading scientists, Professor Robert Glen, is to head a new research centre being created through a partnership between Unilever and the University of Cambridge in the UK.
Professor Glen, the co-inventor of the anti-migraine drug Zomig (TM), has taken up the post of Unilever Professor of Molecular Science Informatics at Cambridge University's Department of Chemistry.Unilever chairman Niall FitzGerald is convinced that the ability to handle scientific and technological information will be the secret of success in future."Information technology has transformed Unilever's business as it is transforming the world of trade and manufacturing ...
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26th October, 1999
Unilever company sells UK cheese business
26/10/1999 : Unilever annouced today that its UK subsidiary, Van den Bergh Foods, has sold its hard cheese business to Yieldingtree Limited for an undisclosed sum.
The British Creameries factory at West Marton employs 75 people and generates annual sales of approximately 23 million Euros (£ 15 million/Fl ...
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29th September, 1999
Unilever NV changes ex-dividend rate for interim dividend
29/09/1999 : Following consultation with the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the Board of Unilever N.V. has decided to bring forward the ex-dividend date for the 1999 interim dividend on ordinary shares and depositary receipts for shares from Monday November 15 to Monday November 8.
The interim dividend will be announced on Friday November 5 and the payment date remains as Friday December 17.The change is linked to the uncertainty that has arisen regarding the tax treatment in the Netherlands of share transactions in the period between the resolution to distribute a dividend and the ex-dividend date.The Unilever PLC interim dividend date, and those for the PLC American Shares and N.V.New York Shares, are unaffected by this change ...
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21st September, 1999
Unilever investor relations seminar
21/09/1999 : This week Unilever is holding a series of three investor conferences in London, Rotterdam and New York in which it will present to analysts and institutional investors progress on its strategy, the opportunities for growth, and long term growth targets.
Focusing on the futurePresentations will be given by Niall FitzGerald and Antony Burgmans, Chairmen of Unilever and by the Business Group Presidents with responsibility for Foods North America, Central Asia and Middle East and Home & Personal Care Europe.The following points will be included in the Chairmen’s presentation: During the past four years Unilever has set out a clear strategy which focused the business on priority categories and regions, simplified the business portfolio, eliminated under-performing units and reduced manufacturing complexity.As a result, only 5% of our business is currently deemed non-strategic ...
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3rd September, 1999
Unilever climbs higher still up green survey rankings
03/09/1999 : Hamburg Environmental Institute places Unilever sixth among world’s top 50 companies for environmental proactivity
Unilever has again improved its position in the Hamburg Environmental Institute’s (Hamburger Umweltinstitut) ranking of the world’s most environmentally friendly companies, moving up two notches on its 1996 performance to sixth position.The survey analysed environmental progress among 50 of the world’s top companies and rated the organisations according to a range of issues each contributing a weighted share to a maximum of 500 points ...
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