Transaction in Own Shares

Unilever PLC
23 October 2007



23 October 2007


Unilever NV - Transactions in Own Shares - - 5% stake in own issued share
capital

Unilever NV announces that on 22 October 2007 it purchased 397,972 Unilever NV
ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices between
euro 22.11 and euro 22.30 per share. The purchased shares will be held as
treasury shares.

Unilever NV also announces that 4,239 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 5% of its issued share capital. The 5% stake is composed of
100,311,554 NV ordinary shares with a nominal value of euro 0.16 (including
2,703,697 NV NY shares each representing a NV ordinary share with a nominal
value of euro 0.16) held by Unilever NV. In addition, subsidiary companies hold
15,010,339 Unilever NV NY shares (each representing a NV ordinary share with a
nominal value of euro 0.16) and 2,400 special shares with a nominal value of
euro 428.57. In total Unilever NV holds 115,321,893 ordinary NV shares
(including NV NY shares) in treasury and has 1,599,405,807 ordinary NV shares
(including NV NY shares) in circulation.


Contact:

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

Unilever PLC: Tim Johns, Press Office, London (Tel. [phone])




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