Unilever's FTSE Membership Is at Risk in Structure Overhaul
Unilever Leaving U.K. for Netherlands
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A lot of investor money could be at stake if Unilever packs up and moves its headquarters out of Britain.
The company’s decision to consolidate its head office in the Netherlands and abandon a U.K. base it has maintained for nearly a century may mean Unilever will no longer be eligible for inclusion in FTSE indexes. The maker of Marmite spread and Lipton tea is the third-largest component of the U.K.’s benchmark FTSE 100 Index by market capitalization.