Holding in Company

Unilever PLC
20 November 2000



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
UNILEVER PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
HOLDING OF SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
REGISTERED HOLDERS ARE APPROXIMATELY 470 CUSTODIAN BANKS UNAFFILIATED WITH
BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
N/A

6   Percentage of issued class:


7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A

8   Percentage of issued class:


9   Class of security:
ORDINARY 1.4P SHARES AND 
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS EACH REPRESENTING FOUR ORDINARY 1.4P SHARES

10  Date of transaction:
09.11.00

11  Date company informed:
20.11.00

12  Total holding following this notification:
111,599,623 ORDINARY SHARES AND 23,564,817 AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
7.071%

14  Contact name for queries:
MS E RICHMOND

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7822 6705

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
MR R M TOMLINSON
DEPUTY SECRETARY

17  Date of notification:
20.11.00


Additional Information:
BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P. BECAME AWARE OF THEIR INTEREST IN UNILEVER
PLC ON NOVEMBER 17, 2000.