Transaction in Own Shares

Unilever PLC 20 February 2008 20 February 2008 Unilever NV - Transactions in Own Shares Unilever NV announces that on 19 February 2008 it purchased 1,500,000 Unilever NV ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices between euro 20.650 and euro 21.200 per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Unilever NV also announces that 6,534 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 132,639,939 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has 1,582,087,761 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Contact: Unilever NV: Tanno Massar, Press Office, Rotterdam (Tel. +31 10 217 4844) Unilever PLC: Tim Johns, Press Office, London (Tel. +44 20 7822 6805) SAFE HARBOUR STATEMENT: This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, including 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as 'expects', 'anticipates', 'intends' or the negative of these terms and other similar expressions of future performance or results, including financial objectives to 2010, and their negatives are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and assumptions regarding anticipated developments and other factors affecting the Group. They are not historical facts, nor are they guarantees of future performance. Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including, among others, competitive pricing and activities, consumption levels, costs, the ability to maintain and manage key customer relationships and supply chain sources, currency values, interest rates, the ability to integrate acquisitions and complete planned divestitures, physical risks, environmental risks, the ability to manage regulatory, tax and legal matters and resolve pending matters within current estimates, legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments, political, economic and social conditions in the geographic markets where the Group operates and new or changed priorities of the Boards. Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the Group are described in the Group's filings with the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report & Accounts on Form 20-F. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this announcement. Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the Group expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Group's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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