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FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Dated September
13, 2024
Commission
File Number: 001-04546
UNILEVER PLC
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
UNILEVER HOUSE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON, ENGLAND
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
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Exhibit
99 attached hereto is incorporated herein by
reference.
Signatures
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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UNILEVER
PLC
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/S/ M VARSELLONA
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BY M VARSELLONA
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CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND GROUP SECRETARY
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Date:
13 September, 2024
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EXHIBIT
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EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
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99
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Notice
to London Stock Exchange dated 13 September 2024
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Share
Buyback Commencement of 2024 Second Tranche
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Exhibit
99
2024 Share Buyback Programme – Commencement of Second
Tranche
London, 13 September 2024. Unilever PLC announces the
commencement of the second and final tranche of its up to
€1.5 billion share buyback
With
our full year 2023 results on 8 February 2024, Unilever PLC
announced a programme to buy back shares with an aggregate market
value equivalent of up to €1.5 billion to be conducted during
2024 (the “Programme”).
The
first tranche of the Programme (the “First Tranche”)
commenced on 17 May 2024 and completed on 30 August 2024. Under the
First Tranche, a total of 13,437,701 ordinary Unilever PLC shares
were purchased with an aggregate market value equivalent of
€700,101,906.
Unilever
PLC now announces the commencement of the second and final tranche
of the Programme (the “Second Tranche”) for an
aggregate market value equivalent of up to €799,898,000. The
purpose of the Second Tranche is to reduce the capital of Unilever
PLC and it will take place within the limitations of the authority
granted to the Board of Unilever PLC by its general meeting, held
on 1 May 2024, pursuant to which the maximum number of shares to be
bought back by Unilever PLC is 236,762,299.
The
Second Tranche will commence on 13 September 2024 and will end on
or before 13 December 2024.
Unilever
PLC has entered into non-discretionary instructions with BNP
Paribas Financial Markets to conduct the Second Tranche on its
behalf and to make trading decisions under the Second Tranche
independently of Unilever PLC.
ENDS
Enquiries
Media:
Unilever
Press Office
Investors:
Investor
Relations Team [email protected]
About Unilever
Unilever
is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Beauty &
Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition and Ice Cream
products, with sales in over 190 countries and products used by 3.4
billion people every day. We have 128,000 employees and generated
sales of €59.6 billion in 2023.
For
more information about Unilever and our brands, please visit
www.unilever.com.
Notes to editors
Important information
This announcement contains inside information. This is a public
announcement pursuant to Article 17 Paragraph 1 of the European
Market Abuse Regulation (596/2014), including as it forms part of
UK law.
Safe Harbour
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, including
‘forward-looking statements’ within the meaning of the
United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including with relation to Unilever’s share buyback
programme, its purpose and timetable. All statements other than
statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be,
forward-looking statements. Words and terminology such as
‘will’, ‘aim’, ‘expects’,
‘anticipates’, ‘intends’,
‘looks’, ‘believes’, ‘vision’,
‘ambition’, ‘target’, ‘goal’,
‘plan’, ‘potential’, ‘work
towards’, ‘may’, ‘milestone’,
‘objectives’, ‘outlook’,
‘probably’, ‘project’, ‘risk’,
‘seek’, ‘continue’,
‘projected’, ‘estimate’,
‘achieve’ or the negative of these terms and other
similar expressions of future performance, results, actions or
events, and their negatives, are intended to identify such
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are
based upon current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding
anticipated developments and other factors affecting the Unilever
Group (the ‘Group’). They are not historical facts, nor
are they guarantees of future performance or outcomes. All
forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are
expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements
contained or referred to in this section. Readers should not place
undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Because these forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties, a number of which may be beyond the
Group’s control, there are important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied
by these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements
are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our
future performance, taking into account all information currently
available to us. Forward-looking statements are not predictions of
future events. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations can
change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of
which are known to us.
The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this
announcement. Except as required by any applicable law or
regulation, the Group expressly disclaims any intention, obligation
or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change
in the Group’s expectations with regard thereto or any change
in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement
is based. New risks and uncertainties arise over time, and it is
not possible for us to predict those events or how they may affect
us. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our
business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of
factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking statements.
Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the
Group are described in the Group’s filings with the London
Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the US Securities and
Exchange Commission, including in the Annual Report on Form 20-F
2023 and the Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2023 available on
our corporate website www.unilever.com.