EX-15.1 6 d641532dex151.htm EX-15.1

Exhibit 15.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form F-3 of Unilever PLC (No. 333-219500-01), Unilever N.V (no. 333-219500), Unilever Capital Corp (no. 333-219500-02) and Unilever United States Inc. (No. 333-219500-03) and on Form S-8 of Unilever PLC (No. 333-185299) and Unilever N.V. (No. 333-185299-01) of our report dated 6 March 2019, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Unilever Group (Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC, together with their subsidiaries) as of 31 December 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated income statements, consolidated statements of comprehensive income, consolidated statements of changes in equity, and consolidated cash flow statements for each of the years in the three-year period ended 31 December 2018, and the related notes and the Guarantor Statements (collectively, the Consolidated Financial Statements) and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of 31 December 2018, which report appears in the 31 December 2018 annual reports on Form 20-F of Unilever PLC and Unilever N.V.

Our report dated 6 March 2019 contains an explanatory paragraph that states that the Unilever Group acquired Adityaa Milk, Equilibra, Betty Ice, Denny Ice and Vegetarian Butcher during 2018 and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of Unilever Group’s internal control over financial reporting as of 31 December 2018, Adityaa Milk, Equilibra, Betty Ice, Denny Ice and Vegetarian Butcher’s internal control over financial reporting associated with approximately 0.5% of the Unilever Group’s total assets and approximately 0.02% of the Unilever Group’s turnover included in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Unilever Group as of and for the year ended 31 December 2018. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of the Unilever Group also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Adityaa Milk, Equilibra, Betty Ice, Denny Ice and Vegetarian Butcher.

/s/ KPMG LLP |  |  |  | /s/ KPMG Accountants N.V.
KPMG LLP |  |  |  | KPMG Accountants N.V.
London, United Kingdom |  |  |  | Amsterdam, the Netherlands

11 March 2019