Transaction in Own Shares

Unilever PLC
07 December 2005

Unilever NV and Unilever PLC

7 December 2005



Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares



Unilever NV announces that on 7 December 2005, it purchased 130,000 Unilever NV
ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices between
euro 58.05 and euro 58.70 per share. The purchased shares will be held as
treasury shares.

Unilever NV also announces that 850 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 24,242,744 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has
547,204,006 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Unilever PLC announces that on 7 December 2005, it purchased 761,253 Unilever
PLC ordinary shares at prices between 571.0 pence and 577.5 pence per share. The
purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 25,053,074 Unilever PLC
ordinary shares in treasury, and has 2,886,405,506 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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