The Unilever plc Board has declared a quarterly interim dividend for Q2 2022 of £0.3633 per Unilever PLC ordinary share or €0.4268 per Unilever PLC ordinary share at the applicable exchange rate issued by WM/Reuters on 22 July 2022.
Other financial highlights include:
• Underlying sales growth of 8.1%, with 9.8% price and (1.6)% volume
• Turnover increased 14.9%, including a currency impact of 5.6%
• Underlying operating margin of 17.0%, a decrease of 180bps driven by input cost inflation
• Underlying earnings per share up 1.0%, including a currency impact of 4.9%
• The billion+ Euro brands, accounting for more than 50% of Group turnover, grew 9.4%
• €750 million share buyback tranche completed on 22 July, intention to launch second tranche in third quarter
