Dutch chairman of the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group Unilver Morris Tabaksblat delivers the annual.., 1999-02-23...

Dutch chairman of the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group Unilver Morris Tabaksblat delivers the annual results at a news conference in Rotterdam February 23. Shares in Unilever bounced higher on Tuesday as it unveiled a bumper return of cash to shareholders and a top of the range rise in annual pionts. The Group which makes Lever Brothers soap powders, Wall's icecream and Elizabeth Arden cosmetics, announced a five billion pound special dividend to shareholders while posting underlying 1998 pre-tax profits up three percent at 3.08 billion pounds ($5 billion), on sales off nine percent at 27 billion pounds.