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Unilever: Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Summary by 6ix AI

Unilever PLC Chief Executive Officer Fernando Fernandez sold 93,273 Unilever ordinary shares on October 30, 2026. Unilever says the sale is for personal financial planning purposes.

Key details

  • The sale was made up of 30,158 PLC GBP shares at £48.901367 each, totalling £1,474,767.43, and 63,115 PLC EUR shares at €58.474285 each, totalling €3,690,604.50, on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Amsterdam.
  • After the sale, Mr Fernandez beneficially owns, with his connected persons, 199,132 Unilever shares, which Unilever says is approximately 715% of his base salary, above his shareholding requirement of 700% of salary.
  • He also holds a further 233,061 shares under share awards with performance conditions (labelled PSP awards), including dividend equivalents accrued to date: 45,565 under the 2024-2026 award, 69,089 under the 2025-2027 award and 118,407 under the 2026-2028 award.
  • Unilever says Mr Fernandez built his shareholding over a 38-year career and previously sold less than 10% of his total shareholding at the point he became an Executive Director on January 1, 2024.

What’s still pending

  • The 233,061 award shares were granted at target and may vest between 0% and 200% of target depending on whether the performance conditions are met.

6ix AI wrote this summary from the release below and checked it against the release.

Unilever PLC
30 October 2026
 

Unilever PLC

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

Unilever PLC (“Unilever”) announces the transaction set out below by Fernando Fernandez in ordinary shares of 3 1/2 pence each in the capital of Unilever.

Mr Fernandez has accumulated a substantial shareholding in Unilever over his 38-year long career, having previously sold less than 10% of his total shareholding at the point he became an Executive Director on 1 January 2024.

This sale of 93,273 shares is for personal financial planning purposes. 

Following the transaction, Mr Fernandez beneficially owns (with his connected persons) 199,132 shares in Unilever, representing approximately 715% of his base salary, which is above his shareholding requirement of 700% of salary.

He also holds a further 233,061 shares in Unilever under share awards with performance conditions (including dividend equivalents accrued to date), as itemised below.  These awards have been granted at target and may vest between 0%-200% of target depending on the achievement of the performance conditions.

  • 45,565 shares under the 2024-2026 PSP award
  • 69,089 shares under the 2025-2027 PSP award
  • 118,407 shares under the 2026-2028 PSP award

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Fernando Fernandez

2

Reason for the notification 

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive Officer (Director)

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Unilever PLC

b)

LEI

549300MKFYEKVRWML317

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Unilever PLC ordinary 3 1/2 pence shares

GB00BVZK7T90

b)

Nature of the transaction

Sale of 30,158 PLC GBP shares and 63,115 PLC EUR shares

c)

Currency

GBP - British Pound in respect of the PLC GBP shares

EUR – Euros in respect of the PLC EUR shares

d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£48.901367 per PLC GBP share

30,158

€58.474285 per PLC EUR share

63,115

e)

Aggregated information

- Volume

- Total

PLC GBP shares

Volume: 30,158

Total: £1,474,767.43

PLC EUR shares

Volume: 63,115

Total: €3,690,604.50

f)

Date of the transaction

2026-10-30

g)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange – XLON and

Euronext Amsterdam - XAMS

Prakash Kakkad

Chief Legal Officer and Group Company Secretary

30 October 2026

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