Lever House in Port Sunlight, United Kingdom, the former headquarters of Lever Brothers 1921–1940 The completion of the unification of Unilever's Dutch and UK arms under a single London-based entity was announced on 30 November 2020. Unilever has a secondary listing on Euronext Amsterdam and is a constituent of the AEX index. Unilever has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In the 2010s, under the leadership of Paul Polman, the company gradually shifted its focus towards health and beauty brands and away from food brands showing slow growth. Unilever divested its specialty chemicals businesses to ICI in 1997. It has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including Lipton (1971), Brooke Bond (1984), Chesebrough-Ponds (1987), Best Foods (2000), Ben & Jerry's (2000), Alberto-Culver (2010), Dollar Shave Club (2016) and Pukka Herbs (2017). During the second half of the 20th century, the company increasingly diversified from being a maker of products made of oils and fats and expanded its operations worldwide. In the 1930s Unilever acquired the United Africa Company. Unilever was founded on 2 September 1929, by the merger of the British soapmaker Lever Brothers and the Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie. It has research and development facilities in China, India, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Unilever is organised into three main divisions: Foods and Refreshments, Home Care, and Beauty & Personal Care. Unilever's largest brands include Lifebuoy, Dove, Sunsilk, Knorr, Lux, Sunlight, Rexona/Degree, Axe/Lynx, Ben & Jerry's, Omo/Persil, Heartbrand (Wall's) ice creams, Hellmann's and Magnum. Unilever is the largest producer of soap in the world and its products are available in around 190 countries. Unilever products include food, condiments, ice cream, cleaning agents, beauty products, and personal care. Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in London.