Srinivas Phatak

“Let me start with the growth profile in the quarter. Underlying sales grew 5.2% with 2.9% from volume and 2.3% from price. On a two-year basis, volume growth was 2.3%.”

“The first half was characterized by strong, high-quality growth. Underlying sales grew 4.8% with 4.2% from volume and 0.6% from price. Growth strengthened further in second quarter with underlying sales growth of 5.8% and volume growth of 5.5%.”

“Let me start with our growth profile in the quarter. We delivered 3.8% underlying sales growth with volume at 2.9 and pricing at 0.9, maintaining a strong volume-led growth profile.”

“Before I turn to the results, just a brief point on the basis of reporting. All the figures that I refer today are on a continuing basis, which excludes Ice Cream.”

“Unilever's underlying sales growth in third quarter was 3.9% with broad-based progress across the business groups. Underlying price growth was 2.4% and volume contributed 1.5%.”