Transaction in Own Shares

Unilever PLC
01 December 2005


Unilever NV and Unilever PLC

1 December 2005


Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares


Unilever NV announces that on 1 December 2005, it purchased 110,000 Unilever NV
ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices between
euro 57.05 and euro 57.75 per share. The purchased shares will be held as
treasury shares.

Unilever NV also announces that 3,780 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 23,925,417 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has
547,650,483 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Unilever PLC announces that on 1 December 2005, it purchased 700,000 Unilever
PLC ordinary shares at prices between 565.00 pence and 567.00 pence per share.
The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 22,496,587 Unilever PLC
ordinary shares in treasury, and has 2,888,961,993 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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