5th Dec 2005 17:09
Unilever PLC05 December 2005 Unilever NV and Unilever PLC 5 December 2005 Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares Unilever NV announces that on 5 December 2005, it purchased 98,700 Unilever NVordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices betweeneuro 57.75 and euro 58.10 per share. The purchased shares will be held astreasury shares. Unilever NV also announces that 2,125 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 24,122,744 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has547,453,156 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Unilever PLC announces that on 5 December 2005, it purchased 500,000 UnileverPLC ordinary shares at prices between 570.00p pence and 572.00p pence per share.The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 23,591,821 Unilever PLCordinary shares in treasury, and has 2,887,866,759 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 8225746) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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