OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

INCORPORATED: 1933 INDUSTRY:

CONSUMER GOODS. HEADQUARTERS: MUMBAI ,MAHARASHTRA. KEY PEOPLE: HARISH MANWANI(CHARIMAN) NITIN PARANJE(MD & CEO) TURNOVER: 25,206 CRS. PEOPLE: 16000 EMPLOYEES INCLUDING 1500 MANAGERS. PARENTAGE: PART OF 44.3 BILLION EUROS OF UNILEVER GROUP. REACH: 6.4 MILLION RETAIL OUTLETS. R&D CENTRES: MUMBAI & BANGALORE, INDIA.

INTRODUCTION
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is the largest FMCG

company in India. It is owned by the British-Dutch company Unilever and has about 52% majority stake in Hindustan Unilever Limited . Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Hindustan Unilever Limited has over 35 brands spanning 20 distinct categories. As per Nielsen market research data, two out of three Indians use HUL products.

Hindustan Unilever a 75 year history

HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

Hindustan Unilever Limited was established in 1933 as

Lever Brothers India Limited by Lever Brothers. In 1956, it became known as Hindustan Lever Limited, as a result of a merger between Lever Brothers, Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd. The company was renamed in June 2007 as Hindustan Unilever Limited. Lever Brothers first commenced operations in India in the summer of 1888, when crates full of Sunlight soap bars, embossed with the words "Made in England by Lever Brothers" were shipped to the Kolkata harbour and it began an era of marketing branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG).

VISION OF THE COMPANY

The four pillars of our vision set out the long term direction for the company where we want to go and how we are going to get there:

We work to create a better future every day We help people feel good, look good and get more out of life

with brands and services that are good for them and good for others. We will inspire people to take small everyday actions that can add up to a big difference for the world. We will develop new ways of doing business with the aim of doubling the size of our company while reducing our environmental impact.

To earn the love and respect of India, by making a real difference to every Indian.

MISSION OF THE COMPANY

Unilever's mission Is TO ADD VITALITY TO LIFE

MERGERS &ACQUISITIONS
MERGERS:
THE ERSTWHILE TATA OIL MILLS COMPANY(TOMCO) IN 1ST APRIL,1993

BROOKE BOND LIPTON INDIA LIMITED(BBLIL) IN 1ST JANUARY,1996

PONDS (INDIA) LIMITED(PIL) IN 1998

ACQUISITIONS:
BROOKE BOND IN 1984 LIPTON IN 1972 PONDS(INDIA) LIMITED IN 1986 LAKME LIMITED
50:50 JOINT VENTURE WITH US BASED KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION IN 1994

MODERN FOODS IN 2002

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

In 2012, HUL was recognized as one of the worlds most innovative

companies by Forbes. With a ranking of number 6, it was the highest ranked FMCG company Hindustan Unilever Limited won 13 awards at the Emvies 2012 Media Awards organized by the Advertising Club Bombay in September 2012 In July, 2012 Hindustan Unilever Limited won the Golden Peacock Occupational Health and Safety Award for 2012 in the FMCG category for its safety and health initiatives and continuous improvement on key metrics. As per the latest Nielsen Campus Track-Business School Survey released in February 2013, Hindustan Unilever Limited has emerged as the No.1 employer of choice for B-School students who will graduate in 2013, across functions. HUL also retained the 'Dream Employer' status for the 4th year running and continues to be the top company considered for application by B-School student in India

ORGANISATION STRUCTURE
Board Of Directors
Mr.Harish Manwani Non-Executive Chairman

Mr. Nitin Paranjpe Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Sridhar Ramamurthy Executive Director, Finance & IT and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Pradeep Banerjee Executive Director, Supply Chain

Mr. Aditya Narayan Independent Director

Mr. S. Ramadorai Independent Director

Mr. O. P. Bhatt Independent Director

Dr. Sanjiv Misra Independent Director

BRANDS
HUL is the market leader in Indian consumer products with presence in over 20 consumer categories such as soaps, tea, detergents and shampoos amongst others with over 700 million Indian consumers using its products The company has a distribution channel of 6.4 million outlets and owns 35 major Indian brands. Its brands include: Food and Drink brand Personal Care brand Home Care brand Water Purifier brand

FOOD AND DRINK BRAND

PERSONAL CARE BRAND

HOMECARE BRANDS

WATER PURIFIER BRAND

SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Unilever launched Sustainable Living Plan in on 15th November 2010 at London, Rotterdam, New York and New Delhi simultaneously. The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan has three major goals, which Unilever aims to achieve by 2020: Help more than one billion people improve their health and well-being Halve the environmental impact of their products Source 100% of their agricultural raw materials sustainably

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Providing education on health and hygiene
Women empowerment Water management

Rehabilitation of special or underprivileged children

Care for the destitute and HIV-positive Rural development.

Plays active role in natural calamities

 Lifebuoy Swasthya Chetana - Health & Hygiene Shakti Empowerment of women through micro-enterprise Opportunity Yashodadham - Relief and Reconstruction in Gujarat's Kutch district Asha Daan - Happy Home actively supported by HUL

PROJECT SHAKTI
At Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), we have always believed in an approach of doing business which we call doing well by doing good. Project Shakti is a rural distribution initiative that targets small villages. The project benefits HUL by enhancing its direct rural reach and also creates livelihood opportunities for underprivileged rural women. Shakti is our initiative that combines social responsibility, sustainability, and business strategy. Shakti model is very strong and sustainable because it is the best way we can give it back to the society through supporting our cause of ' empowering underprivileged rural women' along with making business sense. Shakti started with 17 women in two states. Today, it provides livelihood enhancing opportunities to about 45,000 women in 15 Indian states and provides access to quality products across 100,000+ villages and over 3 million households every month .

FINANCIALS
SegmentWise Sales (%) Soaps and Detergents Personal Products Beverages and Packaged Foods Others Year Market Capitalisation (Rs. crores)

200809
49 29 19

2009 -10 48 30 20

201011 46 32 20

201112 48 31 19

201213 49 31 18

2 2009-10 52,077

2 Rs. crores 2009-10 61,459 2009-10 88,600 2012-13 100,793

2008-09 51,770

Category wise Turnover

Year (Sales) Soaps and Detergents Personal Products Beverages Packaged Foods Others (including Exports, Chemicals, Infant Care Products, Water, etc.) Total 2013 12,460.9 7,309.10 2,913.67 1,473.86 1,048.79 2012 10,488.38 6,486.45 2,577.02 1,341.93 841.82 2011 8,683.88 5,750.68 2,309.23 1,162.28 1,474.94

(Rs. crores) 2010 2009 8,180.29 4,969.36 2,119.44 942.91 1315.65 9,770.26 5,272.31 2,272.29 1020.69 1911.70

25,206.38

21,735.60

19,381.01

17,523.80

20,239.33

Year (Income) Net Sales Turnover Other Income Total Income

Mar'13 25810.21 606.90 26417.11

Mar'12 22116.37 278.31 22394.68

Mar'11 19333.30 251.94 19585.24

Mar'10

Mar'09

17725.33 20601.56 148.11 205.55

17873.44 20807.11

Year Profit and Loss for the Year

2013 3172.44

2012 2482.78

2011 2124.36

2010 2102.69

2009 2346.32

Stock Exchange Listing

The Company's shares are listed and traded at the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE).

Name of the Stock Exchange Bombay Stock Exchange Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited ISIN

Stock Code 500696 HINDUNILVR INE030A01027

Share Performance Comparison: 05/09/2012 - 04/09/2013 First Hindustan Unilever Ltd. 530.90 Last 627.35 High 718.90 Low 433.20

Share Performance Comparison: 05/09/2010 - 04/09/2013 First Last 627.35 High 718.90 Low 265.90

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

271.45

Key Ratios
Years PE Mar-13 32.1 Mar-12 36.5 Mar-11 29.6 Mar-10 26.5 Mar-09 29.3

Current Market Value

MARKET CAP (Rs Cr)

P/E FACE VALUE (Rs)

135,536.75
38.90 1.00

GOVERNANCE
Crisil rating Company Name Hindustan Unilever limited Industry Household Products Instrument Working Capital Demand Loan Proposed FundBased Bank Limits Rating CRISIL AAA

CRISIL AAA

CONTROVERSIES
Mercury pollution
In 2001, a thermometer factory in Kodaikanal run by Hindustan Unilever was accused of dumping glass contaminated with mercury in municipal dumps, or selling it on to scrap merchants unable to deal with it appropriately.

Skin lightening creams

Hindustan Unilever's "Fair and Lovely" is the leading skin-lightening cream for women in India. The company had to cease television advertisements for the product in 2007. Advertisements depicted depressed, dark-complexioned women, who had been ignored by employers and men, suddenly finding new boyfriends and glamorous careers after the cream had lightened their skin. In 2008 Hindustan Unilever made former Miss World Priyanka Chopra a brand ambassador for Pond's, and she then appeared in a mini-series of television commercials for another skin lightening product, 'White Beauty', alongside Saif Ali Khan and Neha Dhupia; these advertisements, showing Priyanka's face with a clearly darker complexion against the visibly fairer Neha Dhupia, were widely criticized for perpetuating racism and lowering the self-esteem of women and girls throughout India who were misled by HUNL to believe that they needed to be white to be beautiful

 Triclosan
Several academic papers have pointed out the firm's continued use of the antibacterial agent Triclosan ('Active B') in India because it is under review by the American Food and Drug Administration (US FDA).