Unilever first quarter 2009 results

Unilever first quarter 2009 results

On Thursday 7th May 2009 at 7am (UK time) Unilever released its first quarter results for 2009First quarter results, Thursday 7th May 2009

Format Title Date File size
PDF Q1 2009 Results announcement 07/05/2009 120.4Kb

Q1 2009 Results announcement.
PDF Q1 2009 Results highlights 07/05/2009 66.7Kb

Q1 2009 Results highlights.
PDF Q1 2009 Results presentation 07/05/2009 1144.1Kb

Presentation by Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, and Jim Lawrence, Chief Financial Officer, on Q1 2009 results.
PDF Q1 2009 Results speech 07/05/2009 56.5Kb

Speech by Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, and Jim Lawrence, Chief Financial Officer, on Q1 2009 results.

Download page: http://www.unilever.com/investorrelations/results/

do 07 mei 2009, 11:41
Unilever wil volumes terug
http://www.telegraaf.nl/dft/bedrijven/unilever_c/3865336/__Unilever_wil_volumes_terug__.html

(Bron: DFT)
ROTTERDAM (AFN) - Was- en voedingsmiddelenconcern Unilever wil hogere volumes halen. Met name in West-Europa verkoopt Unilever minder producten en dat moet veranderen. De pas aangetreden topman Paul Polman zegt acties te hebben genomen om al in het tweede kwartaal hogere volumes te boeken.
Unilever zal in het lopende tweede kwartaal het tempo van innovaties opvoeren en meer ondersteuning geven aan de merken. Dit laatste moet resulteren in de hogere volumes, maar zal wel de brutowinstmarge drukken door hogere uitgaven aan advertenties. De winstmarge staat ook onder druk van de nog steeds hoge grondstofprijzen.
Donderdag presenteerde het Brits-Nederlandse concern bekend van merken als Knorr, Unox en Ola de eerstekwartaalcijfers. Unilever spreekt van “een solide start van 2009”.

Het concern behaalde een 1 procent lagere omzet dan een jaar eerder van 9,51 miljard euro. De onderliggende omzetgroei - de verkopen tegen constante wisselkoersen en exclusief aan- en verkopen van onderdelen- bedroeg 4,8 procent. Dit was te danken aan prijsverhogingen, want de verkopen daalden met 1,8 procent.

Stress Testing (Banks)

Stress Testing
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stresstesting.asp

What Does Stress Testing Mean?
A simulation technique used on asset and liability portfolios to determine their reactions to different financial situations. Stress tests are also used to gauge how certain stressors will affect a company or industry. They are usually computer generated simulation models which test hypothetical scenarios. Also known as "stress test"

Investopedia explains Stress Testing
Stress-testing is a useful method of determining how a portfolio will fare during a period of financial crisis. The Monte Carlo simulation is one of the most widely used methods of stress testing.
A stress test is also used to evaluate the strength of institutions. For example the Treasury Department could run stress tests on banks to determine their financial condition. Banks often run these tests on themselves. Changing factors could include interest rates, lending requirements, or unemployment.

Bank stress test results released May 4
Evaluation of top 19 U.S. banks will include a capital recovery plan.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/16/news/economy/stress_test_results.reut/index.htm?section=money_latest

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The results of tests to gauge how the top 19 U.S. banks would fare should the deep U.S. recession worsen will be publicly disclosed on May 4, a regulatory official said Thursday.
The so-called stress test results will include a capital recovery plan for banks that regulators determine would be short of capital if the economy's downturn gathered steam and unemployment shot unexpectedly higher, the official said.
Regulators have not made final decisions on how to present the results, the official said. Regulators will disclose at least some of the information, but no decision has been made on on whether banks themselves will disclose some as well. Read article...

Vodafone, revenues rose 14 percent in the fourth quarter to 10.47 billion pounds ($15 billion)

Vodafone Group has released its Interim Management Statement for the quarter ended 31 December 2008.

(Source Yahoo) Mobile phone service provider Vodafone Group PLC saw its shares rise 6.6 percent after it said revenues rose 14 percent in the fourth quarter to 10.47 billion pounds ($15 billion), compared to the same period a year earlier. The rise was led by a 28-percent gain in its Asia, Pacific and Middle East operations.

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Royal Philips Electronics, 4th Quarter Results 2008, Disappointing

Royal Philips Electronics, 4th Quarter Results 2008.

The 4th Quarter 2008 for Philips has been disappointing, first quarter loss since 2003.

Today at 7:00AM CET (Dutch time), Royal Philips Electronics announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2008. Please find below full details. (Check out the website)
A conference call with Gerard Kleisterlee, President & CEO, and Pierre-Jean Sivignon, Chief Financial Officer, to discuss the results starts at 9:15AM CET today. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available through the link below. This audio webcast will remain available for replay for 1 year (accessible today at approximately 12:00PM CET). Furthermore a transcript of this call will be published here soon.


Financial report (Downloadable PDF)

* 2008 - Fourth Quarterly Report

Presentation (Downloadable PDF)

* 2008 - Fourth Quarter Results Presentation