10th Apr 2008 16:30
Unilever PLC10 April 2008 10 April 2008 Unilever NV - Transactions in Own Shares Unilever NV announces that on 9 April 2008 it purchased 350,000 Unilever NVordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices betweeneuro 21.270 and euro 21.510 per share. The purchased shares will be held astreasury shares. Unilever NV also announces that 3,666 Unilever NV ordinary shares held astreasury shares were released under Employee Share Plans. Following the above purchase and release, Unilever NV together with subsidiarycompanies, holds 151,777,647 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has1,562,950,053 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Contact: Unilever NV: Tanno Massar, Press Office, Rotterdam (Tel. +31 10 217 4844) Unilever PLC: Tim Johns, Press Office, London (Tel. +44 20 7822 6805) SAFE HARBOUR STATEMENT: This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, including 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the United States Private SecuritiesLitigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as 'expects', 'anticipates', 'intends'or the negative of these terms and other similar expressions of futureperformance or results, including financial objectives to 2010, and theirnegatives are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Theseforward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and assumptionsregarding anticipated developments and other factors affecting the Group. Theyare not historical facts, nor are they guarantees of future performance. Becausethese forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there areimportant factors that could cause actual results to differ materially fromthose expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including, amongothers, competitive pricing and activities, consumption levels, costs, theability to maintain and manage key customer relationships and supply chainsources, currency values, interest rates, the ability to integrate acquisitionsand complete planned divestitures, physical risks, environmental risks, theability to manage regulatory, tax and legal matters and resolve pending matterswithin current estimates, legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments,political, economic and social conditions in the geographic markets where theGroup operates and new or changed priorities of the Boards. Further details ofpotential risks and uncertainties affecting the Group are described in theGroup's filings with the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the USSecurities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report & Accounts onForm 20-F. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of thisannouncement. Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the Groupexpressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly anyupdates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein toreflect any change in the Group's expectations with regard thereto or any changein events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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