REG - Unilever PLC - Completion of 2026 Share Buyback

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RNS Number : 2807H  Unilever PLC  05 June 2026

5 June 2026

 

Completion of 2026 Share Buyback

 

Unilever PLC announces the completion of its share buyback of up to €1.5
billion, as initially set out in our full year 2025 results released on 12
February 2026, the commencement of which was announced on 30 April 2026 (the
"Buyback").

 

Under the Buyback, a total of 30,703,780 ordinary Unilever PLC shares were
purchased with an aggregate market value equivalent of €1,499,999,891.

 

Please see the total voting rights announcement dated 1 June 2026 for Unilever
PLC's latest total voting rights figure published under the UK Financial
Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.

 

 

ENDS

 

Enquiries

 

Media:

Unilever Press Office

press-office.london@unilever.com (mailto:press-office.london@unilever.com)

 

Investors:

Investor Relations Team

investor.relations@unilever.com (mailto:investor.relations@unilever.com)

 

 

About Unilever

 

Unilever is a global consumer goods business comprised of four business
groups: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care and Foods. Unilever's
products are used by approximately 3.7 billion people every day, with sales in
around 190 countries. We have around 96,000 employees and generated sales of
€50.5 billion in 2025.

For more information about Unilever and our brands, please visit
www.unilever.com (http://www.unilever.com) .

 

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, its purpose and timetable. All statements other than
statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking
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'achieve' or the negative of these terms and other similar expressions of
future performance or results, and their negatives, are intended to identify
such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based
upon current 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 announcement. 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 regarding anticipated developments and other factors affecting
the Group, taking into account all information currently available to us. 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 announcement. Readers should not place undue reliance
on forward-looking statements.

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 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 2025 and the Unilever Annual Report and Accounts
2025 available on our corporate website www.unilever.com.

 

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