Transaction in Own Shares

Unilever PLC
19 March 2007

19 March 2007



  Progress on Unilever share buy-back programme  - Transactions in Own Shares


Further to the share buy-back programme announced on 12 March 2007, Unilever NV
announces that in the week starting 12 March 2007 up to and including 16 March
2007, it purchased 1,707,782 Unilever NV ordinary shares (in the form of
depositary receipts thereof) at prices between euro 19.55 and euro 20.81 per
share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.


Unilever NV also announces that in that same period 104,964 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 55,323,650 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has
1,659,404,050 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).



Contact:

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

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




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