Transaction in Own Shares

Unilever PLC
05 December 2005

Unilever NV and Unilever PLC

5 December 2005



Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares



Unilever NV announces that on 5 December 2005, it purchased 98,700 Unilever NV
ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices between
euro 57.75 and euro 58.10 per share. The purchased shares will be held as
treasury shares.

Unilever NV also announces that 2,125 Unilever NV ordinary shares held as
treasury shares were released under Employee Share Plans.

Following the above purchase and release, Unilever NV together with subsidiary
companies, holds 24,122,744 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has
547,453,156 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Unilever PLC announces that on 5 December 2005, it purchased 500,000 Unilever
PLC ordinary shares at prices between 570.00p pence and 572.00p pence per share.
The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 23,591,821 Unilever PLC
ordinary shares in treasury, and has 2,887,866,759 Unilever PLC ordinary shares
in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Contact:

Unilever NV: Tanno Massar, Press Office, Rotterdam (Tel. [phone])

Unilever PLC: Alison Dillon, Corporate Secretaries, London (Tel. [phone]
5746)


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