Transaction in Own Shares

Unilever PLC
10 April 2008



10 April 2008


Unilever NV - Transactions in Own Shares


Unilever NV announces that on 9 April 2008 it purchased 350,000 Unilever NV
ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices between
euro 21.270 and euro 21.510 per share. The purchased shares will be held as
treasury shares.

Unilever NV also announces that 3,666 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 151,777,647 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has
1,562,950,053 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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