Unilever Announces Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares

Market Wire, October, 2005

Unilever NV and Unilever PLC

18 October 2005


Unilever NV and Unilever PLC - Transactions in Own Shares




Unilever NV announces that on 17 October 2005, it purchased 95,400 Unilever NV
ordinary shares (in the form of depositary receipts thereof) at prices between
EUR59.00 and EUR59.30 per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury
shares.

Unilever NV also announces that 1,700 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 20,554,980 Unilever NV ordinary shares in treasury, and has
551,020,920 Unilever NV ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Unilever PLC announces that on 17 October 2005, it purchased 200,000 Unilever
PLC ordinary shares at prices between 584.00 pence and 587.00 pence per share.
The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Unilever PLC holds 4,255,031 Unilever PLC ordinary
shares in treasury, and has 2,907,203,549 Unilever PLC ordinary shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares).

Contact:

Unilever NV: Tanno Massar, Press Office, Rotterdam (Tel.  31 10 2174844)

Unilever PLC: Alison Dillon, Corporate Secretaries, London (Tel.  44 207 822
5746)


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