Ernst Verloop

Unilever NV engages in the production and marketing of consumer goods in the nutrition, hygiene, and personal care categories. It operates through the following segments: Beauty and Personal Care, Foods and Refreshment, and Home Care. The Beauty and Personal Care segment covers the sales of skin and hair care products, deodorants and oral care products. The Foods and Refreshment segment includes the sales of soups, bouillons, sauces, snacks, mayonnaise, salad dressings, margarines and spreads. The Home Care segment is in charge of the sales of home care products such as powders, liquids and capsules, soap bars, and a wide range of cleaning products. The company was founded on November 9, 1927 and is headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Rothmans International Group was formed in october 1993 through reorganisation of the tobacco and luxury goods businesses of Richmont, Rothmans and Dunhill into two new listed groups, Rothmans International and Vendome. Rothmans International comprises all of Rothmans tobacco businesses and certain tobacco trade marks previously owned by Dunhill and Richmont. International cigarette brands owned and controlled by the group include Rothmans, Peter Stuyvesant, Dunhill, Cravan 'A' and Golden American. Under its constitution Rothmans International has a dual holding company stucture, in which the shareholders hold units comprising twinned shares in Rothmans International Plc, a British company, and Rothmans International NV a Dutch company. Rothmans International Plc owns the UK-based businesses and Rothmans International NV owns the non-UK based businesses. The composition of the boards of both companies is identical.

Part of British American Tobacco plc, Rothmans Nederland Holdings BV is a Dutch company that specializes in issuers, structured finance, corporations, asset-backed securities, and consumer products.