Transaction in Own Shares

Unilever PLC
09 December 2005


Unilever NV and Unilever PLC

9 December 2005



Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares

Unilever NV announces that on 9 December 2005, it purchased 5,369 Unilever NV
ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at a price of euro
57.95 per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase and release, Unilever NV together with subsidiary
companies, holds 24,436,785 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has
547,139,115 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Unilever PLC announces that on 9 December 2005, it purchased 12,405 Unilever PLC
ordinary shares at a price of 567.00 pence per share. The purchased shares will
be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 25,680,479 Unilever PLC
ordinary shares in treasury, and has 2,885,778,101 Unilever PLC ordinary shares
in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Today's purchase marks the completion of the share buy-back programme of up to
euro 500 million announced in February 2005.

Contact:

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

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


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