Unilever NV (UN) expects to complete the takeover of Sara Lee Corp.'s (SLE) personal care activities "sometime in 2010," a Unilever spokeswoman told Dow Jones Newswires Friday.

According to the spokeswoman, sales of consumer goods firm Sara Lee's personal care business grew 4% in the fiscal year ended June. The spokeswoman couldn't say whether this was organic growth.

Unilever said Friday it has made a binding offer to buy Sara Lee's personal care business for EUR1.275 billion in cash.

-By Maaike Noordhuis and Anna Marij van der Meulen, Dow Jones Newswires; +31-20-5715 201; annamarij.vandermeulen@dowjones.com