Euro note issue closure

Unilever PLC
17 September 2001

Release: immediate

                UNILEVER ANNOUNCES CLOSURE OF EURO NOTE ISSUE

Unilever announced that the Euro 1,000,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2003,
issued by Unilever N.V. and guaranteed by Unilever PLC, and launched on
September 5, 2001 under Unilever's debt issuance programme, closed today
(September 17, 2001).

Details of the issue are:

Type of security:          Floating Rate Notes due 2003

Denominations:             Euro 1,000, Euro 10,000 and Euro 100,000

Issue Price:               99.927% of the principal amount of the Notes

Aggregate Principal Amount:     EUR 1,000,000,000

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September 17 2001