Q4 Pre-Close Teleconference

Unilever PLC
16 December 2002


Release: Immediate

                      UNILEVER'S PRE-CLOSE TELECONFERENCE

                          WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 2002

As previously announced, Unilever will be holding its planned pre-close
teleconference on Wednesday, December 18, ahead of the 2002 Fourth Quarter and
Full Year Results on Thursday, February 13 2003.

The teleconference will commence at 14:00hrs London time (15:00hrs Amsterdam,
09:00hrs New York) and lines are open from 13:30hrs London time. Analysts will
be able to ask questions during the call.

                            DIAL-IN TELEPHONE NUMBER

                    + 44 (0)1296 480100 Access Code: C384781

The teleconference will be recorded and will be accessible immediately after the
conference ends up to and including Wednesday, January 1 2003. The replay number
is:

                    [phone] Access code: C384781

Access via Internet

The presentation speech will be made available, at 14:00hrs London time, through
the relevant stock exchanges, and will be accessible on Unilever's website
www.unilever.com.

The teleconference can also be accessed via Unilever's website from 13:30hrs
(London time) and an archived stream will be available immediately after the
conference ends until Wednesday, January 1.

Please note, there will be no presentation slides associated with this event.

In advance of the webcast, we would recommend that you test your PC's
compatibility for the software to be used during the above conference.

Webcast and test PC compatibility http://www.conferencing.bt.com/streaming/
index.htm

To access the conference, please key in the following details:

Conference Number:     641793

Pin Code:              853128



Teleconferences for 2003

These are planned as follows (all at 14:00 hrs - London time):

Monday March 24 2002         - ahead of Q1 results to be published on Friday 
                               May 2 2003

Monday June 23 2002          - ahead of Q2 results to be published on Wednesday 
                               July 30 2003

Monday September 22 2002     - ahead of Q3 results to be published on Wednesday
                               October 29 2003

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December 16 2002


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