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 February 13, 2025
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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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.
| UNILEVER PLC |
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| /S/ M VARSELLONA |
| BY M VARSELLONA |
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND GROUP SECRETARY |
Date: 13 February, 2025
EXHIBIT INDEX
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| EXHIBIT NUMBER | EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION |
| 99 | Notice to London Stock Exchange dated 13 February 2025 |
| | Share Buy-Back Programme |
Exhibit 99
2025 Share Buyback
London, 13 February 2025. With our full year 2024 results, Unilever PLC announced a new share buyback of up to €1.5 billion, to commence today ("SBB").
The purpose of the SBB 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 222,831,091.
The SBB commences today, 13 February 2025, and will end on or before 6 June 2025.
Unilever PLC has entered into non-discretionary instructions with Goldman Sachs International to conduct the SBB on its behalf and to make trading decisions under the SBB independently of Unilever PLC.
ENDS
Enquiries
Media:
Unilever Press Office
press-office.london@unilever.com
Investors:
Investor Relations Team investor.relations@unilever.com
About Unilever
We are a global consumer goods business with a portfolio of Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Foods and Ice Cream brands. Our products are used by 3.4 billion consumers every day from household necessities to premium indulgences. We have around 120,000 employees and generated €60.8bn turnover in 2024.
For more information about Unilever and our brands, please visit 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 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. These forward-looking statements are based upon current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding anticipated developments and other factors affecting 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.
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.
