General information and cautionary statement

The two parent companies, Unilever N.V. (NV) and Unilever PLC (PLC), together with their group companies, operate effectively as a single economic entity (the Unilever Group, also referred to as Unilever or the Group). This Annual Review therefore deals with the operations and the results of the Unilever Group as a whole. The Unilever Annual Review and Annual Report and Accounts are produced in Dutch and English.

The brand names shown in italics in this Annual Review are trademarks owned by or licensed to companies within the Unilever Group.

Unilever has adopted the euro as its principal reporting currency. The figures in this Annual Review are expressed in euros with translations, for convenience purposes, into sterling and US dollars.

In the commentary on Regional performance, sales growth is stated on an underlying basis at constant exchange rates and excluding the effects of acquisitions and disposals. For further information, please refer to our website at www.unilever.com/investorcentre

The term shares as used in this document should, with respect to shares issued by NV be construed to include depositary receipts for shares issued by Foundation Unilever N.V. Trust Office, unless the context otherwise requires or unless it is clear from the context that this is not the case. The exchange rates used in the preparation of this Annual Review are given in the Summary Financial Statement

Cautionary statement

This document may contain forward-looking statements, including ‘forward-looking statements’ within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as ‘expects’, ‘anticipates’, ‘intends’ or the negative of these terms and other similar expressions of future performance or results, including financial objectives to 2010, and their negatives, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and assumptions regarding anticipated developments and other factors affecting the Group. They are not historical facts, nor are they guarantees of future performance. Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including, among others, competitive pricing and activities, consumption levels, costs, the ability to maintain and manage key customer relationships and supply chain sources, currency values, interest rates, the ability to integrate acquisitions and complete planned divestitures, the ability to complete planned restructuring activities, physical risks, environmental risks, the ability to manage regulatory, tax and legal matters and resolve pending matters within current estimates, legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments, political, economic and social conditions in the geographic markets where the Group operates and new or changed priorities of the Boards. Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the Group are described in the Group’s filings with the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report and Accounts on Form 20-F. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document. Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the Group expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Group’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

This document does not comply with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (US GAAP) and should not therefore be relied upon by readers as such. The Group’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2007 is separately filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and is available on our corporate website www.unilever.com In addition, a printed copy of the Annual Report on Form 20-F is available, free of charge, upon request to Unilever PLC, Investor Relations Department, Unilever House, 100 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DY, United Kingdom.