Unilever PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 2, 2015

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RNS Number : 1475B

Unilever PLC

02 January 2015

The trustees of the Leverhulme Trust and the trustees of the Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust comprise the same individuals (together the "Trustees") and in such capacity have held Ordinary shares of 3 1/9p in Unilever PLC ("Ordinary Shares"). The Trustees have held 68,531,182 Ordinary Shares on behalf of the Leverhulme Trust and 2,035,582 Ordinary Shares on behalf of the Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust.  Together the Trustees have therefore held 70,566,764 Ordinary Shares amounting to 5.5% of the voting rights in Unilever PLC. 

Unilever PLC was informed today that (1) the 'Leverhulme Trust' had changed its legal status and become a charitable incorporated organisation named 'The Leverhulme Trust' and (2) the 'Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust' had changed its legal status and become a charitable incorporated organisation named 'The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust'.

As a consequence of these changes, we have received notification today that (1) the balance of shares held by the Trustees has reduced to zero and (2) the balance of shares held by the charitable incorporated organisation named 'The Leverhulme Trust' is 68,531,182 shares and (3) the balance of shares held by the charitable incorporated organisation named 'The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust' is 2,035,582 shares.

The required TR-1 Notifications from both the Trustees and the charitable incorporated organisation named The Leverhulme Trust are provided below.
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			UNILEVER PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please   specify):	Transfer of shares to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation under a Transfer Agreement agreed by the Charity Commission			Ö
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		The trustees of 'The Leverhulme Trust' and 'The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust'
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Niall William Arthur FitzGerald Patrick Jean-Pierre Cescau Paulus Geradus Josephus Maria Polman Sir James Iain Anderson in their capacity as trustees of 'The Leverhulme Trust' and 'The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust'
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		31 December 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		31 December 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Below 3%.

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary Shares of 3 1/9 pence	70,566,764			70,566,764			0 (zero)		0 (zero)		0 (zero)	0 (zero)			0 (zero)
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
0 (zero)								0 (zero)

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Paul Read
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7042 9881

Unilever contact: Tonia Lovell, Group Secretary - 020 7822 5252

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			UNILEVER PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please   specify):	Transfer of shares to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation under a Transfer Agreement agreed by the Charity Commission			Ö
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		The Leverhulme Trust (a charitable incorporated organisation)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		31 December 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		31 December 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Above 5%.

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction						Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary Shares of 3 1/9 pence	0 (zero)			0 (zero)			68,531,182		68,531,182		0 (zero)	Above 5%			0 (zero)
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
68,531,182								Above 5%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Paul Read
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7042 9881

Unilever contact: Tonia Lovell, Group Secretary - 020 7822 5252

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