| Latest Unilever Plc News Headlines |
| Date | Time | Source | |
| 09/05/2008 | 12:45AM | TFNF | PRESS DIGEST - British Business Press - Sept 5
- The Times
UNILEVER POACHES ITS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE FROM RIVAL TO END A CENTURY OF
BOARDROOM TRADITION
The Anglo-Dutch food and soap group Unilever has appointed Paul
Polman, a former top executive at Procter & Gamble and Nestlé , as its
new chief executive. He is the... More...>> |
| 09/05/2008 | 12:44AM | TFNF | PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - Sept 5
- BROWN LOSES BATTLE OVER ENERGY REBATE
The Prime Minister has admitted that his plans to force Britain's energy
firms to fund a one billion pound cash rebate for poor families have failed.
Speaking to a Scottish business audience, Gordon Brown said that his
fuel-poverty bill would instead concentrate... More...>> |
| 09/04/2008 | 3:51AM | TFNF | European shares flat early; cenbanks in focus
LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - European shares traded flat early on Thursday
ahead of key central bank verdicts, with foods groups led higher by Unilever as
investors cheered the appointment of a new chief executive, but with techs
lower.
At 0720 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was... More...>> |
| 09/04/2008 | 3:48AM | TFNF | STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Unilever leaps as Polman welcomed as new CEO
Sept 4 (Reuters) - STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary
Stocks on the move [HOT-RTRS] Real-time Equity News [E] [WEU/EQUITY]
07:31GMT 04Sept2008-Unilever leaps as Polman welcomed as new CEO
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| 09/04/2008 | 2:58AM | TFNF | UPDATE 1-Unilever names Nestle's Polman as new CEO
LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group Unilever Plc/NV
named Paul Polman, outgoing head of the Americas at Swiss food
group Nestle SA , as its new chief executive to replace Patrick Cescau.
Polman, 52, had been long seen as front runner to succeed Peter
Brabeck-Letmathe... More...>> |
| 09/04/2008 | 2:29AM | TFNF | BRIEF-Unilever- CEO Patrick Cescau to retire at year end
LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Unilever PLC :
* Patrick Cescau, group chief executive, will retire from Unilever at the
end
of the year
* To appoint Paul Polman, 52, currently executive vice president and zone
director for the americas at nestlsa, as group chief executive to succeed... More...>> |
| 09/04/2008 | 2:00AM | UKREG | Unilever CEO Succession
RNS Number : 7134C
Unilever PLC
04 September 2008
Unilever CEO Succession
Unilever today announces that Patrick Cescau, Group Chief Executive, will retire from Unilever at the end of the year. He has served the
business for 35 years and has led Unilever for the last four, initially as Chairman... More...>> |
| 09/01/2008 | 4:33AM | UKREG | Director/PDMR Shareholding
RNS Number : 4123C
Unilever PLC
01 September 2008
Annex DTR3
Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Connected Persons
All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.
1. Name of the issuer 2. State whether... More...>> |
| 08/04/2008 | 11:58PM | TFNF | McCormick & Co. cut to 'A-' after completion of Lawry's buy - S&P
MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services downgraded
McCormick & Co. Inc., after the company completed its $604 million cash purchase
of marinade and seasoning maker Lawry's from Unilever Plc.
"The acquisition represents a more aggressive financial policy and has led
to weaker credit... More...>> |
| 08/01/2008 | 10:45AM | UKREG | Transaction in Own Shares
RNS Number : 4955A
Unilever PLC
01 August 2008
1 August 2008
Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares
Unilever NV announces that on 31 July 2008 it purchased 340,000 Unilever NV ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof)
at prices between euro 17.550... More...>> |
| 07/31/2008 | 1:39PM | UKREG | Total Voting Rights
RNS Number : 4041A
Unilever PLC
31 July 2008
Unilever PLC
Total Voting Rights and Capital
In accordance with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, Unilever PLC ("the Company") hereby notifies the market of the
following:
The Company's issued share capital as at 31 July... More...>> |
| 07/31/2008 | 11:00AM | UKREG | Transaction in Own Shares
RNS Number : 3766A
Unilever PLC
31 July 2008
31 July 2008
Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares
Unilever NV announces that on 30 July 2008 it purchased 494,365 Unilever NV ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof)
at prices between euro 19.115... More...>> |
| 07/31/2008 | 2:59AM | TFNF | UPDATE 1-Unilever Q2 sales up 6.8 pct, confirms outlook
LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - Food and consumer goods group Unilever Plc/NV
posted a 6.8 percent rise in second-quarter underlying sales on Thursday and
confirmed its outlook for 2008 growth ahead of its 3 to 5 percent target.
Anglo-Dutch Unilever , which makes Sunsilk shampoo, Dove
soap... More...>> |
| 07/31/2008 | 2:02AM | UKREG | 2nd Quarter Results 2008
RNS Number : 2713A
Unilever PLC
31 July 2008
INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT FOR HALF YEAR TO JUNE 2008
KEY FINANCIALS
(unaudited)
Second Quarter 2008 EUR million Half Year 2008
Increase/(Decrease) Increase/(Decrease... More...>> |
| 07/30/2008 | 12:38PM | UKREG | Transaction in Own Shares
RNS Number : 2615A
Unilever PLC
30 July 2008
30 July 2008
Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares
Unilever NV announces that on 29 July 2008 it purchased 200,000 Unilever NV ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof)
at prices between euro 18.730... More...>> |
| 07/30/2008 | 8:43AM | TFNF | Unilever to close Lawry's deal with McCormick on/about July 31
Consumer goods giant Unilever Plc. said
Wednesday it expects to complete the sale of its Lawry's and Adolph's branded
seasoning blends and marinades business to U.S.-based food company McCormick &
Co. Inc. on or about July 31.
On November 14, Spice maker McCormick said it agreed to buy Lawry's for $605
million... More...>> |
| 07/30/2008 | 8:15AM | UKREG | UNILEVER TO CLOSE LAWRY'S DEAL WITH MCCORMICK
RNS Number : 2196A
Unilever PLC
30 July 2008
UNILEVER TO CLOSE LAWRY'S DEAL WITH MCCORMICK
Unilever today announced that it expects to complete the previously announced sale of its Lawry's and Adolph's branded seasoning blends
and marinades business to McCormick & Company, Inc., on or about... More...>> |
| 07/30/2008 | 5:30AM | TFNF | UPDATE 1-Johnson & Johnson wraps up buy of China's Dabao
HONG KONG, July 30 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson has bought top
Chinese cosmetics firm Beijing Dabao, the firm said on Wednesday, wrapping up a
deal estimated at more than $300 million and aimed at expanding the U.S. giant's
share of a booming but fractured market.
Johnson & Johnson, which vies... More...>> |
| 07/29/2008 | 10:15AM | UKREG | Transaction in Own Shares
RNS Number : 1363A
Unilever PLC
29 July 2008
29 July 2008
Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares
Unilever NV announces that on 28 July 2008 it purchased 350,000 Unilever NV ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof)
at prices between euro 18.675... More...>> |
| 07/29/2008 | 2:45AM | TFNF | P&G, Unilever raise product prices in China
SHANGHAI, July 29 (Reuters) - Consumer goods giants Procter and Gamble (P&G)
and Unilever Plc/NV have raised prices of their
products by as much as 20 percent in China, as surging raw material costs fuel a
rise in consumer prices.
P&G, the biggest consumer goods seller in China... More...>> |