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Shareholder information
Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2005 181
Analysis of shareholding
(continued)
Share purchases during 2005
Between October and December we purchased 4 934 960 NV and 25 680 479 PLC shares under the share buy-back programme amounting to
€500 million in total, which was announced on 3 October 2005 and completed on 9 December 2005.
€ million
Total number of Maximum value that
shares purchased may yet be purchased
Total number of Average price as part of publicly as part of publicly
shares purchased(a) paid per share announced plans announced plans
January NV shares –––
PLC shares –––
}
February NV shares 777 844 €50.60
PLC shares 692 568 £5.30 }
March NV shares 2 066 014 €51.58
PLC shares 2 744 432 £5.38 }
April NV shares –––
PLC shares –––
}
May NV shares 606 878 €53.08
PLC shares 1 076 912 £5.56 }
June NV shares 1 900 000 €54.30
PLC shares –––
}
July NV shares 3 413 557 €54.93
PLC shares –––
}
August NV shares 4 217 999 €56.12
PLC shares 734 996 £5.63 }
September NV shares 2 031 319 €57.10
PLC shares –––
}500
October NV shares 1 876 698 €58.55 1 876 698
PLC shares 8 434 294 £5.81 8 434 294 }318
November NV shares 2 575 481 €57.05 2 429 193
PLC shares 14 182 645 £5.67 13 362 293 }69
December NV shares 629 069 €57.89 629 069
PLC shares 3 883 892 £5.73 3 883 892 }
Total NV shares 20 094 859 €55.47 4 934 960
PLC shares 31 749 739 £5.67 25 680 479 }
(a) When under a North American plan, in the form of NV New York shares or PLC ADRs.
During the year, 15 159 899 NV and 6 069 260 PLC shares at a total cost of €879 million were purchased to maintain our hedging of share-
based plan commitments in line with our hedging practice (see also page 87).