Unilever Consumer approves 440pc dividend at AGM

Unilever Consumer Care Limited held its 49th annual general meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, says a press release.
At the meeting, shareholders approved the Directors' Report, Auditor's Report and Audited Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2021.
They also approved the declaration of final cash dividend of 440 per cent i.e. Tk 44.00 per ordinary share of Tk 10.00 each.
The revenue of Unilever Consumer Care has grown by 19.4 per cent last year while gross profit 20.6 per cent.
The AGM was conducted through a digital platform consecutively for the third time.
The meeting was presided over by the company's Chairman Masud Khan. Company's Managing Director KSM Minhaj and other Directors namely Zahidul Islam Malita, SOM Rashedul Quayum, Md Abul Hossain, Mohsin Uddin Ahmed and Reazul Haque Chowdhury and Company Secretary Mohammad Naharul Islam Molla joined the meeting.
Masud Khan said, "In 2021, we consolidated our strategy at the back of extensive cost-saving initiatives, technological innovations, superior consumer understanding and deeper market intimacy. In pursuit of offering accessible nutrition to consumers, we have ensured access packs for core Horlicks and Junior Horlicks."
"As a consumer healthcare company, we want to keep consumer wellbeing at the core of our business and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of Zero Hunger and Health and Wellbeing," he said.