17th Nov 2005 17:19
Unilever PLC17 November 2005 Unilever NV and Unilever PLC 17 November 2005 Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares Unilever NV announces that on 17 November 2005, it purchased 150,000 Unilever NVordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices betweeneuro 57.15 and euro 57.30 per share. The purchased shares will be held astreasury shares. Unilever NV also announces that 1,750 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 22,716,788 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has548,859,112 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Unilever PLC announces that on 17 November 2005, it purchased 800,000 UnileverPLC ordinary shares at prices between 562.00 pence and 564.50 pence per share.The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 15,324,149 Unilever PLCordinary shares in treasury, and has 2,896,134,431 Unilever PLC ordinary sharesin issue (excluding treasury shares). Contact: Unilever NV: Tanno Massar, Press Office, Rotterdam (Tel. +31 10 2174844) Unilever PLC: Alison Dillon, Corporate Secretaries, London (Tel. +44 207 822 5746) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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