Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) (BSE: 500696) is India's largest fast-moving consumer goods company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

It is owned by the British-Dutch company Unilever which controls 52% majority stake in HUL. HUL was formed in 1933 as Lever Brothers India Limited and came into being in 1956 as Hindustan Lever Limited through a merger of Lever Brothers, Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders [2] Ltd. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India and has an employee strength of over 16,500 employees and [3] contributes to indirect employment of over 65,000 people. The company was renamed in June 2007 as Hindustan Unilever Limited. Lever Brothers started its actual operations in India in the summer of 1888, when crates full of Sunlight soap bars, embossed with the words "Made in England by Lever Brothers" were shipped to the Kolkata [4] harbour and it began an era of marketing branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). Hindustan Unilever's distribution covers over 2 million retail outlets across India directly and its products are available in over 6.4 million outlets in the country. As per Nielsen market research data, two out of [5] three Indians use HUL products.

Brands
HUL is the market leader in Indian consumer products with presence in over 20 consumer categories such as soaps, tea, detergents and shampoos amongst others with over 700 million Indian consumers using its products. Seventeen of HULs brands featured in the ACNielsen Brand Equity list of 100 Most Trusted Brands Annual Survey (2011). The company also happens to have the highest number of brands [6] in this list, with six brands featuring in the top 15 list. The company has a distribution channel of 6.3 million outlets and owns 35 major Indian brands. brands include: Food brands: Annapurna salt and atta Bru coffee Brooke Bond (3 Roses, Taj Mahal, Taaza, Red Label) tea Kissan squashes,ketchups, juices and jams Lipton tea Knorr soups & meal makers and soupy noodles Kwality Wall's ice cream Modern Bread, ready to eat chapattis and other bakery items
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Homecare Brands

ActiveWheel detergent Cif Cream Cleaner Comfort fabric softeners Domex disinfectant/toilet cleaner Rin detergents and bleach

Sunlight detergent and colour care Surf Excel detergent and gentle wash Vim dishwash
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Personal Care Brands:

Aviance Beauty Solutions Axe deodorant and aftershaving lotion LEVER Ayush Therapy ayurvedic health care and personal care products Breeze beauty soap Clear anti-dandruff hair products Clinic Plus shampoo and oil Close Up toothpaste Dove bar & skin cleansing, hair care range,lotions & Creams and anti-perspirant deodorants Denim shaving products Fair & Lovely - fairness products Hamam Lakm beauty products and salons Lifebuoy soaps and handwash range Liril 2000 soap Lux soap Pears soap Pepsodent toothpaste Pond's talcs and creams Rexona soap Sunsilk shampoo Sure anti-perspirant Vaseline petroleum jelly, skin care lotions

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India's GDP Growth Slows to 6.9% Published on 11/30/2011 10:49:12 AM | By TradingEconomics.com

The Indian economy expanded at its slowest pace in more than two years in the JulySeptember quarter, hurt by high local borrowing costs and a deepening euro-zone crisis.

Gross domestic product grew 6.9% from a year earlier, the government said Wednesday. The economy had expanded 7.8% in the January-March quarter.

The mining sector contracted 2.9 percent year-on-year, following 1.8 percent growth in the preceding quarter. The growth in manufacturing output eased sharply to 2.7 percent from 7.2 percent in the previous three months.

Farm output rose 3.2 percent for the same period, down from the previous quarter's 3.9 per cent growth. Economic activities relating to electricity, gas and water supply increased 9.8 percent, while the construction sector grew at an improved rate of 4.3 percent.

Investment climbed 30.5 percent from a year earlier, while consumer spending grew at a weaker pace of 59.5 percent. Government spending rose 10.7 percent, almost steady compared to the prior quarter.

Aggressive rate increases by the Reserve Bank of India over the past 20 months to cool inflation have crimped industrial expansion, adding to pressure from a gloomy global economy that has hurt demand for exports.

The slow pace of economic reform and a series of graft charges against the government have further soured investor sentiment, affecting foreign investment.

NDIA INFLATION RATE

The inflation rate in India was last reported at 5.3 percent in January of 2012. From 1969 until 2010, the average inflation rate in India was 7.99 percent reaching an historical high of 34.68 percent in September of 1974 and a record low of -11.31 percent in May of 1976. Inflation rate refers to a general rise in prices measured against a standard level of purchasing power.

The most well known measures of Inflation are the CPI which measures consumer prices, and the GDP deflator, which measures inflation in the whole of the domestic economy. This page includes: India Inflation Rate chart, historical data and news.

INDIA GDP GROWTH RATE

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in India expanded 6.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 over the previous quarter. Historically, from 2000 until 2011, India's average quarterly GDP Growth was 7.45 percent reaching an historical high of 11.80 percent in December of 2003 and a record low of 1.60 percent in December of 2002. India's diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries, and a multitude of services. Services are the major source of economic growth, accounting for more than half of India's output with less than one third of its labor force. The economy has posted an average growth rate of more than 7% in the decade since 1997, reducing poverty by about 10 percentage points. This page includes: India GDP Growth Rate chart, historical data, forecasts and news. Data is also available for India GDP Annual Growth Rate, which measures growth over a full economic year.

INDIA GOVERNMENT BUDGET

India reported a government budget deficit equivalent to 5.10 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fiscal year ending March 2011. Government Budget is an itemized accounting of the payments received by government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by government (purchases and transfer payments). A budget deficit occurs when an government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus. This page includes: India Government Budget chart, historical data and news.

GOVERNMENT

BUDGET

A government budget is a legal document that is often passed by the legislature, and approved by the chief executive-or president. For example, only certain types of revenue may be imposed and collected. Property tax is frequently the basis for municipal and county revenues, while sales tax and/or income tax are the basis for state revenues, and income tax and corporate tax are the basis for national revenues. The two basic elements of any budget are the revenues and expenses. In the case of the government, revenues are derived primarily from taxes. Government expenses include spending on current goods and services, which economists call government consumption; government investment expenditures such as infrastructure investment or research expenditure; and transfer payments like unemployment or retirement benefits. Budgets have an economic, political and technical basis. Unlike a pure economic budget, they are not entirely designed to allocate scarce resources for the best economic use. They also have a political basis wherein different interests push and pull in an attempt to obtain benefits and avoid burdens. The technical

element is the forecast of the likely levels of revenues and expenses.

INDIA INTEREST RATE

The benchmark interest rate (reverse repo) in India was last reported at 7.5 percent. In India, interest rate decisions are taken by the Reserve Bank of India's Central Board of Directors. The official interest rate is the benchmark repurchase rate. From 2000 until 2010, India's average interest rate was 5.82 percent reaching an historical high of 14.50 percent in August of 2000 and a record low of 3.25 percent in April of 2009. This page includes: India Interest Rate chart, historical data and news.

USDINR - INDIAN RUPEE EXCHANGE RATE

The Indian Rupee exchange rate depreciated 1.87 percent against the US Dollar during the last month. During the last 12 months, the Indian Rupee exchange rate depreciated 9.78 percent against the US Dollar. Historically, from 1973 until 2012 the USDINR exchange averaged 30.47 reaching an historical high of 53.72 in December of 2011 and a record low of 7.19 in March of 1973. The Indian Rupee spot exchange rate specifies how much one currency, the USD, is currently worth in terms of the other, the INR. While the Indian Rupee spot exchange rate is quoted and exchanged in the same day, the Indian Rupee forward rate is quoted today but for delivery and payment on a specific future date. This page includes: USDINR - Indian Rupee Exchange rate, historical data and news

Competition
Name HUL Dabur India Godrej Consumer Colgate Marico Godrej Ind Gillette India P and G Emami Bajaj Corp Jyothy Labs Amar Remedies JHS Svendgaard GKB Ophthalmics Last Price 382.55 103.90 445.30 1,032.40 158.80 246.30 2,230.85 1,950.20 376.75 114.70 191.65 144.35 41.05 31.55 Market Cap.
(Rs. cr.)

82,676.94 18,412.13 15,153.45 14,039.90 9,765.16 7,823.10 7,269.27 6,330.49 5,700.67 1,691.83 1,545.31 377.68 69.99 13.10

Sales Turnover 19,333.30 3,287.67 2,442.64 2,296.86 2,353.71 1,145.84 1,056.86 1,000.25 1,221.15 359.44 608.02 578.01 85.42 -

Net Profit 2,305.97 471.43 434.96 402.58 315.33 133.43 86.15 150.88 227.49 84.10 80.27 38.05 6.07 -

Total Ass

2,633

1,354 1,806 384 1,425 1,644 600 600 906 376 716

413 123 26

Listing Details - Hindustan Unilever Key Dates

Year Ending Month AGM Date (Month) Book Closure Date (Month) Listing Information Face Value Of Equity Shares Market Lot Of Equity Shares BSE Code NSE Code BSE Group Whether The Company Forms A Part Of The Following Indices Sensex Nifty BSE-100 BSE-200 S&P CNX 500 CNX Midcap CNX FMCG Listing On Listed On

Dec Jul Jul

1 1 500696 HINDUNILVR A

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

The Stock Exchange, Mumbai, National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

Moneycontrol Bureau Hindustan Unilever shares slipped further 2% on Tuesday, having closed down over 3% on Monday, despite strong earnings growth in the third quarter as investors were concerned whether it would be able to sustain its volume growth going ahead amid increasing competition and price hikes. Near 300 basis points drop in operating margins in personal products and lower 14% growth in the segment, which accounts for near half of HUL's sales, and a sharp drop in overall advertising and promotional spends for the third consecutive quarter also left investors worried, Sharekhan analyst Kaustubh Pawaskar told moneycontrol.com. The India's largest FMCG company had on Tuesday reported 18% year-on-year rise in third quarter net profit at Rs 753 crore, and a 16.4% increase in net sales to Rs 5,853 crore. Volumes grew 9% in the quarter. Most analysts remain bullish on long-term growth, but some including Pawaskar warn of expensive valuations and limited upside

in stock price Here are some analysts' comments on HUL's Q3 numbers and outlook ahead: Edelweiss Securities: Key positives were soaps & detergents growth. The company's EBITDA margin expanded 220 bps YoY primarily due to 287 bps reduction in ad spends coupled with price hikes. Key negative is poor quality of growth as margins in food, personal products and beverages shrunk while other businesses posted negative growth. Rating: Buy. Target: Rs 415. Kotak Institutional Equities: While HUL's EBITDA margin beat expectations handsomely, the quality of beat was likely lower due to 2% EBIT growth and relatively lower 14% sales growth in personal products (underperformance in oral care). We remain believers in HUL's medium-term prospects, however, expensive valuations and near-term challenges prompt us to reiterate Reduce rating. Target: Rs 420. Royal Bank of Scotland: Overall, we see the earnings drivers intact, with volume growth remaining close to double digit. HUL's stock price correction post the results was due to weakness in the personal products business. We believe the medium to long term growth potential remains strong for HUL in personal products, and we would not get unduly concerned about one quarter's slightly weaker margins. Rating: Buy on declines. Sharekhan: The sequential improvement in the gross margins was the highlight of quarter. The stock (however) is currently trading at 29 times its fiscal 2013 EPS (earnings per share) estimates, ahead of mean PE multiple of 26 times. Rating: Hold. Standard Chartered: While sales growth was largely in line, the key positive surprise came in margins for soaps & detergents - at 13.5% it improved 110 bps sequentially and 570 bps year-on-year. (Overall) strong volume-led growth and improving margins should enable 20% EPS CAGR over fiscal 2012-14. Rating: Outperform. Target: Rs 457. At 11:00 hrs, HUL shares were down 2% at Rs 379.35 on NSE.