Transaction in Own Shares

Unilever PLC
24 October 2005


Unilever NV and Unilever PLC

24 October 2005



Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares



Unilever NV announces that on 21 October 2005, it purchased 150,000 Unilever NV
ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices between
€57.45 and €58.30 per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury
shares.

Unilever NV also announces that 1,913 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 20,897,534 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has
550,678,366 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Unilever PLC announces that on 21 October 2005, it purchased 700,000 Unilever
PLC ordinary shares at prices between 564.00 pence and 572.00 pence per share.
The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 6,265,031 Unilever PLC ordinary
shares in treasury, and has 2,905,193,549 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])


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange