Transaction in Own Shares

Unilever PLC
01 November 2005

Unilever NV and Unilever PLC

1 November 2005



Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares



Unilever NV announces that on 31 October 2005, it purchased 87,694 Unilever NV
ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices between
euro 58.05 and euro 58.45 per share. The purchased shares will be held as
treasury shares.

Unilever NV also announces that 1,488 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 21,433,978 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has
550,141,922 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Unilever PLC announces that on 31 October 2005, it purchased 425,000 Unilever
PLC ordinary shares at prices between 567.00 pence and 570.50 pence per share.
The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 8,434,294 Unilever PLC ordinary
shares in treasury, and has 2,903,024,286 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])


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