Hindustan Lever

Corporate

Hindustan Lever Limited ( HLL ) is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company , with leadership in Home & Personal Care Products and Food & Beverages . HLL 's brands are spread across 20 distinct consumer categories and touches the lives of two out of three Indians. They endow the company with a scale of combined volumes of about 4 million tonnes and sales of ` 10,000 crores.

Activities

Hindustan Lever provides Home & Personal Care products like Soaps (Lux, Lifebuoy,etc.), Washing powders (Surl Excel, Rin,etc.), Deodorants, Cosmetics,Skin Care products and hair care products.

The food products provided by Hindustan Lever are Tea (Brooke Bond, Lipton), Coffee (Brooke Bond Bru), Foods (Kissan, Annapurna, Knorr) and Ice Cream (Kwality Wall's).

Hindustan Lever Limited has launched Pureit , the most advanced in-home water purifier in the world. It is the only purifier that gives water that is 'as safe as boiled water ' without boiling, and without needing electricity or continuous tap water supply. Thats why it is considered as the most advanced in-home water purifier in the world.

Several HLL factories are situated in backward areas. HLL has consciously responded to the national policy of development of backward areas by setting up manufacturing units in these places, which provide several direct and indirect employment opportunities for these areas, and leads to general economic development of these regions through industrialization.

HLL acknowledges that development and poverty reduction depend on economic prosperity, and that International trade and investment creates new employment, raises skill levels and increases economic activity. Indeed, the very business of 'doing business' extends prosperity and creates new opportunities.
Today, HLL is India's largest exporter of branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods . It has been recognized by the Government of India as a Golden Super Star Trading House .

Performance

Key Statistics:

Figures in ` Crores

ACCOUNT ITEM	2007	2006
Net Sales	3,184.32	2,798.05
Domestic FMCG HPC	2,251.69	2,046.70
Domestic FMCG Foods (including Ice cream)	531.18	432.13
Domestic FMCG Total	2,782.87	2,478.83
Exports	351.93	275.53
Profit Before Interest and Taxation	378.80	333.19
Profit After Taxation, Before Exceptional Items	333.86	293.98
Net Profit	392.89	442.86

Hindustan Lever Limited ( HLL ) announced its results for March Quarter 2007. Total Sales grew by 13.8%, while growth in continuing businesses, i.e., after eliminating impact of disposals was higher at 14.7%. Domestic FMCG business grew by 12.3%.

Organization

HLL is headed by Mr. Douglas Baillie,CEO.
Corporate Office:
Hindustan Lever Limited
Hindustan Lever House
165/166, Backbay Reclamation,
Mumbai - 400020
Maharashtra
India.

Tel: +91-22-39830000
Fax: +91-22-22871970
E-mail: Pressqueries.hll@unilever.com