19th Oct 2005 07:30
Unilever PLC19 October 2005 Unilever NV and Unilever PLC 19 October 2005 Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares Unilever NV announces that on 18 October 2005, it purchased 100,000 Unilever NVordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices between€58.75 and €59.05 per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasuryshares. Unilever NV also announces that 3,082 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 20,651,898 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has550,924,002 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Unilever PLC announces that on 18 October 2005, it purchased 550,000 UnileverPLC ordinary shares at prices between 581.00 pence and 585.00 pence per share.The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 4,805,031 Unilever PLC ordinaryshares in treasury, and has 2,906,653,549 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. +44 207 822 5746) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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