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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;31,
2003</B>
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No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<FONT size="3">Washington, D.C. 20549
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<FONT size="3"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>UNILEVER N.V.</B>
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<FONT size="2">(Exact name of company as specified in its charter)
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(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
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<B>Weena 455<BR>
3000 AL, Rotterdam<BR>
The Netherlands</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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<B>SAVINGS PLAN FOR UNION EMPLOYEES OF UNILEVER</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</FONT></TD>
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<B>Ronald M. Soiefer, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Unilever United States, Inc.<BR>
390 Park Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10022</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</FONT></TD>
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<B>(212)&nbsp;688-6000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></TD>
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<I>Copy of all communications to:</I></FONT></TD>
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<B>Robert J. Lichtenstein, Esq.<BR>
Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP<BR>
1701 Market Street<BR>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2921<BR>
(215)&nbsp;963-5000</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2"><B>Unilever N.V.
Ordinary Shares,
par value
Fl 1.12 per share</B></FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">This Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 covers ordinary shares, par value
Fl 1.12 per share (&#147;NV Shares&#148;), of Unilever N.V., a Netherlands
corporation, which may be offered or sold pursuant to the Savings Plan for
Union Employees of Unilever (the &#147;Plan&#148;), and such additional shares as
may be offered pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c) promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 under the
Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the NV Shares on
July&nbsp;25, 2003 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Conopco, Inc. will merge the Bestfoods Savings Plan, Lipton Savings Plan
for Union Employees, Thrift and Savings Plan for Certain Employees of
Lever Brothers Company, and Savings Plan for Lever Brothers Employees
Represented by the ICWUC (the &#147;Prior Plans&#148;) into the Lipton</FONT></TD>
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1, 2003, and rename it the Savings Plan for Union Employees of Unilever.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">On December&nbsp;31, 2001, Unilever N.V. filed a Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8 covering 5,000 NV Shares under the Lipton Savings Plan for Union
Employees. Of these shares, 4,883 remain unsold.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">On December&nbsp;31, 2001, Unilever N.V. filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 covering 35,000 NV Shares under the Bestfoods Savings Plan. Of these
shares, 34,892 remain unsold.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">On December&nbsp;31, 2001, Unilever N.V. filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 covering 10,000 NV Shares under the Lipton Savings Plan for Hourly
Employees of the Independence Plant. Of these shares, 9,735 remain unsold.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">On September&nbsp;30, 1999, Unilever N.V. filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 covering 200,000 NV Shares under the Savings Plan for Lever Brothers
Employees Represented by the ICWUC. Of these shares, 154,047 remain unsold.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">On September&nbsp;30, 1999, Unilever N.V. filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 covering 150,000 NV Shares under the Thrift and Savings Plan for Certain
Employees of Lever Brothers Company. Of these shares, 112,440 remain unsold.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">All of the unsold securities registered in connection with the Plan and
Prior Plans shall be deregistered on the date of filing of this
Registration Statement. Registration fees associated with unsold
securities under the Plan and Prior Plans in the amount of $70.15
(relating to 4,883 NV Shares registered in connection with the Lipton
Savings Plan for Union Employees), $501.23 (relating to 34,892 Unilever
N.V. Ordinary shares registered in connection with the Bestfoods Savings
Plan), $139.21 (relating to 9,735 NV Shares registered in connection with
the Lipton Savings Plan for Hourly Employees of the Independence Plant),
$110.64 (relating to 154,047 NV Shares registered in connection with the
Savings Plan for Lever Brothers Employees Represented by the ICWUC), and
$2,169.52 (relating to 112,440 NV Shares registered in connection with the
Thrift and Savings Plan for Certain Employees of Lever Brothers Company)
will be offset against the current registration fee in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;457 of the Securities Act and Release No.&nbsp;33-7943.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENTS</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form&nbsp;S-8 the contents of the Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed by Unilever N.V. (the &#147;Company&#148;) (File No.&nbsp;1-4547)
on December&nbsp;31, 2001 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-14244) relating to the Lipton Savings Plan
for Hourly Employees of the Independence Plant (now called the Savings Plan for
Union Employees of Unilever) is hereby incorporated by reference in this Form
S-8 Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) and made a part
hereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Accordingly, the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;20-F for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2002 filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) by the Company pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and made a part hereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement except as so modified and any statement so superseded
shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.<SUP>1</SUP></B>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Savings Plan for Union Employees of Unilever</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2"><SUP>1</SUP> No &#147;original issue&#148; shares shall be issued under the Plan, therefore, in
accordance with the instruction to Item&nbsp;8 of Form&nbsp;S-8 no legality opinion
is required.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The registrant will submit the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely
manner for a determination letter that the Plan complies with the requirements
of the Internal Revenue Code and will make all changes required by the Internal
Revenue Service to qualify the Plan.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, New York on this 30th day of July 2003.
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">UNILEVER N.V.</FONT></TD>
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By:
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Antony Burgmans</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Name:<BR>
Title:
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Antony Burgmans<BR>
Chairman</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by or on behalf of the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person, in so signing, also makes, constitutes and appoints Ronald M.
Soiefer, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, in his name, place and stead to
execute and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any
or all amendments to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits and any and
all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, and to do and perform
each and every act and thing necessary to effectuate the same.
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Antony Burgmans
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Antony Burgmans</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman, Unilever N.V.<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Niall Fitzgerald KBE</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Vice Chairman, Unilever N.V.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Niall Fitzgerald KBE</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Rudy Markham
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Rudy Markham</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director, Unilever N.V.<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Clive Butler</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director, Unilever N.V.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Clive Butler</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Patrick Cescau</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director, Unilever N.V.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Patrick Cescau</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Andre baron van Heemstra</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director, Unilever N.V.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Andre baron van Heemstra</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Charles Strauss</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director, Unilever N.V.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Charles Strauss</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Keki Dadiseth</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director, Unilever N.V.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Keki Dadiseth</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Ronald M. Soiefer
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Ronald M. Soiefer</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Attorney-in-Fact for the Officers and<BR>
Directors and Agent of Unilever N.V.<BR>
for Service of Process</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or
administrators) of the Savings Plan for Union Employees of Unilever have duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of New York, State of New
York, on this 30th day of July 2003.
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By:
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Stephen A. Pass</FONT></TD>
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Name:<BR>
Title:
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Stephen A. Pass<BR>
Director of Benefits</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Savings Plan for Union Employees of Unilever</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31,
2003
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UNILEVER N.V.
(Exact name of company as specified in its charter)
The Netherlands
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
Weena 455
3000 AL, Rotterdam
The Netherlands
(Address of principal executive offices)
None
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
SAVINGS PLAN FOR UNION EMPLOYEES OF UNILEVER
(Full title of the plan)
Ronald M. Soiefer, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Unilever United States, Inc.
390 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 688-6000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy of all communications to:
Robert J. Lichtenstein, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1701 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2921
(215) 963-5000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered (1)
Registered
Per Share (2)
Price (2)
Registration Fee (3)(4)(5)
Unilever N.V.
Ordinary Shares,
par value
Fl 1.12 per share
150,000
$
57.74
$
8,661,000
$700.67
Less Fee Credits
<$700.67>
Net Fee:
0
(1)
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 covers ordinary shares, par value
Fl 1.12 per share ("NV Shares"), of Unilever N.V., a Netherlands
corporation, which may be offered or sold pursuant to the Savings Plan for
Union Employees of Unilever (the "Plan"), and such additional shares as
may be offered pursuant to Rule 416(c) promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(2)
Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the
Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the NV Shares on
July 25, 2003 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
(3)
Conopco, Inc. will merge the Bestfoods Savings Plan, Lipton Savings Plan
for Union Employees, Thrift and Savings Plan for Certain Employees of
Lever Brothers Company, and Savings Plan for Lever Brothers Employees
Represented by the ICWUC (the "Prior Plans") into the Lipton
Savings Plan for Hourly Employees of the Independence Plant, effective August
1, 2003, and rename it the Savings Plan for Union Employees of Unilever.
(4)
On December 31, 2001, Unilever N.V. filed a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 covering 5,000 NV Shares under the Lipton Savings Plan for Union
Employees. Of these shares, 4,883 remain unsold.
On December 31, 2001, Unilever N.V. filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 covering 35,000 NV Shares under the Bestfoods Savings Plan. Of these
shares, 34,892 remain unsold.
On December 31, 2001, Unilever N.V. filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 covering 10,000 NV Shares under the Lipton Savings Plan for Hourly
Employees of the Independence Plant. Of these shares, 9,735 remain unsold.
On September 30, 1999, Unilever N.V. filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 covering 200,000 NV Shares under the Savings Plan for Lever Brothers
Employees Represented by the ICWUC. Of these shares, 154,047 remain unsold.
On September 30, 1999, Unilever N.V. filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 covering 150,000 NV Shares under the Thrift and Savings Plan for Certain
Employees of Lever Brothers Company. Of these shares, 112,440 remain unsold.
(5)
All of the unsold securities registered in connection with the Plan and
Prior Plans shall be deregistered on the date of filing of this
Registration Statement. Registration fees associated with unsold
securities under the Plan and Prior Plans in the amount of $70.15
(relating to 4,883 NV Shares registered in connection with the Lipton
Savings Plan for Union Employees), $501.23 (relating to 34,892 Unilever
N.V. Ordinary shares registered in connection with the Bestfoods Savings
Plan), $139.21 (relating to 9,735 NV Shares registered in connection with
the Lipton Savings Plan for Hourly Employees of the Independence Plant),
$110.64 (relating to 154,047 NV Shares registered in connection with the
Savings Plan for Lever Brothers Employees Represented by the ICWUC), and
$2,169.52 (relating to 112,440 NV Shares registered in connection with the
Thrift and Savings Plan for Certain Employees of Lever Brothers Company)
will be offset against the current registration fee in accordance with
Rule 457 of the Securities Act and Release No. 33-7943.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 the contents of the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed by Unilever N.V. (the "Company") (File No. 1-4547)
on December 31, 2001 (Reg. No. 333-14244) relating to the Lipton Savings Plan
for Hourly Employees of the Independence Plant (now called the Savings Plan for
Union Employees of Unilever) is hereby incorporated by reference in this Form
S-8 Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") and made a part
hereof.
Accordingly, the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2002 filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") by the Company pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and made a part hereof.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement except as so modified and any statement so superseded
shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
1
Exhibit Numbers
Exhibit
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V.
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
99.1
Savings Plan for Union Employees of Unilever
1
No "original issue" shares shall be issued under the Plan, therefore, in
accordance with the instruction to Item 8 of Form S-8 no legality opinion
is required.
The registrant will submit the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely
manner for a determination letter that the Plan complies with the requirements
of the Internal Revenue Code and will make all changes required by the Internal
Revenue Service to qualify the Plan.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, New York on this 30th day of July 2003.
UNILEVER N.V.
By:
/s/ Antony Burgmans
Name:
Title:
Antony Burgmans
Chairman
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by or on behalf of the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Each person, in so signing, also makes, constitutes and appoints Ronald M.
Soiefer, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, in his name, place and stead to
execute and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any
or all amendments to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits and any and
all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, and to do and perform
each and every act and thing necessary to effectuate the same.
Name
Title
/s/ Antony Burgmans
Antony Burgmans
Chairman, Unilever N.V.
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Niall Fitzgerald KBE
Vice Chairman, Unilever N.V.
Niall Fitzgerald KBE
/s/ Rudy Markham
Rudy Markham
Director, Unilever N.V.
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Clive Butler
Director, Unilever N.V.
Clive Butler
/s/ Patrick Cescau
Director, Unilever N.V.
Patrick Cescau
/s/ Andre baron van Heemstra
Director, Unilever N.V.
Andre baron van Heemstra
/s/ Charles Strauss
Director, Unilever N.V.
Charles Strauss
/s/ Keki Dadiseth
Director, Unilever N.V.
Keki Dadiseth
Name
Title
/s/ Ronald M. Soiefer
Ronald M. Soiefer
Attorney-in-Fact for the Officers and
Directors and Agent of Unilever N.V.
for Service of Process
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or
administrators) of the Savings Plan for Union Employees of Unilever have duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of New York, State of New
York, on this 30th day of July 2003.
Savings Plan for Union Employees of Unilever
By:
/s/ Stephen A. Pass
Name:
Title:
Stephen A. Pass
Director of Benefits
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Numbers
Description of Exhibit
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V.
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
99.1
Savings Plan for Union Employees of Unilever