Slaughter and May is advising Unilever on the issue of a US$750 million bond under its US shelf programme. The issue consists of a single tranche of 2.2% Fixed Rate Notes due 6 March 2019, issued by Unilever Capital Corporation and guaranteed by Unilever N.V., Unilever PLC and Unilever United States, Inc. The anticipated closing date of the offering is 6 September 2013.
 
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are acting as joint bookrunners for the offering.
 
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is advising Unilever on US law aspects and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is advising on Dutch law aspects.

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Financing: Matthew Tobin (partner), Jonathan Keane (associate)