Transaction in Own Shares
Unilever PLC
23 April 2008
23 April 2008
Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares
Unilever PLC announces that on 22 April 2008 it purchased 235,000 Unilever PLC
ordinary shares at prices between 1686 pence and 1703 pence per share. The
purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 11,791,215 Unilever PLC
ordinary shares in treasury, and has 1,298,365,146 Unilever PLC ordinary shares
in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Contact:
Unilever PLC: Tim Johns, Press Office, London (Tel. +44 20 7822 6805)
Unilever NV: Tanno Massar, Press Office, Rotterdam (Tel. +31 10 217 4844)
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