27th Oct 2005 07:30
Unilever PLC27 October 2005 Unilever NV and Unilever PLC 27 October 2005 Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares Unilever NV announces that on 26 October 2005, it purchased 142,645 Unilever NVordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices betweeneuro57.75 and euro58.25 per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasuryshares. Unilever NV also announces that 3,725 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 21,117,806 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has550,458,094 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Unilever PLC announces that on 26 October 2005, it purchased 250,000 UnileverPLC ordinary shares at prices between 566.00 pence and 569.00 pence per share.The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 6,994,294 Unilever PLC ordinaryshares in treasury, and has 2,904,464,286 Unilever PLC ordinary shares in 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 8225746) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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