9th Dec 2005 17:29
Unilever PLC09 December 2005 Unilever NV and Unilever PLC 9 December 2005 Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares Unilever NV announces that on 9 December 2005, it purchased 5,369 Unilever NVordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at a price of euro57.95 per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase and release, Unilever NV together with subsidiarycompanies, holds 24,436,785 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has547,139,115 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Unilever PLC announces that on 9 December 2005, it purchased 12,405 Unilever PLCordinary shares at a price of 567.00 pence per share. The purchased shares willbe held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 25,680,479 Unilever PLCordinary shares in treasury, and has 2,885,778,101 Unilever PLC ordinary sharesin issue (excluding treasury shares). Today's purchase marks the completion of the share buy-back programme of up toeuro 500 million announced in February 2005. Contact: Unilever NV: Tanno Massar, Press Office, Rotterdam (Tel. +31 10 2174844) Unilever PLC: Alison Dillon, Corporate Secretaries, London (Tel. +44 207 8225746) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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