Holding in Company

Unilever PLC
21 August 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

UNILEVER PLC


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC.

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

NON-BENEFICIAL INTEREST OWNED BY ACCOUNTS UNDER THE DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANIES:
CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY, CAPITAL GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY,
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, INC., CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL S.A.

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

THE FOLLOWING ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF CAPITAL GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY:

STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED                8,678,453

BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES                1,231,199

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                    18,613,124

BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LIMITED                213,400

MIDLAND BANK PLC                         10,899,954

DEUTSCHE BANK MANNHEIM                     8,900

BANKERS TRUST                          2,590,100

BARCLAYS GLOBAL SECURITIES SERVICES           1,017,000

CITIBANK LONDON                          2,086,510

NORTRUST NOMINEES                          8,448,900

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND                     20,200

MSS NOMINEES LIMITED                     92,200

STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO                21,000

NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK                7,600

RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED                     19,200

CITIBANK NA                               65,000

DEUTSCHE BANK AG                          11,800

HSBC BANK PLC                          6,500

ROY NOMINEES LIMITED                     52,300

MELLON NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED                228,300

TOTAL:                               54,311,640

THE FOLLOWING ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED:

STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED                679,900

BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES                1,913,366

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                     5,372,060

MIDLAND BANK PLC                          67,000

BANKERS TRUST                          6,583,347

CITIBANK LONDON                          330,000

MORGAN GUARANTY                          52,700

NORTRUST NOMINEES                          2,549,578

VIDACOS NOMINEES LIMITED                61,760

CITIBANK                               29,500

DEUTSCHE BANK AG                          653,500

HSBC BANK PLC                          187,500

KAS UK                               76,219

BANK ONE LONDON                          218,000

TOTAL:                               18,774,430

THE FOLLOWING ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL S.A.:

STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED                362,500

BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES                92,300

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                     2,828,400

MIDLAND BANK PLC                          324,000

BARCLAYS GLOBAL SECURITIES SERVICES           818,000

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND                     1,412,100

LLOYDS BANK                               70,200

VIDACOS NOMINEES LIMITED                105,000

RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED                     117,000

CITIBANK NA                               26,500

DEUTSCHE BANK AG                          186,100

TOTAL:                                6,342,100

THE FOLLOWING ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL, INC.:

STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED                1,195,880

BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES                212,303

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                     1,735,201

DEUTSCHE BANK MANNHEIM                     32,100

CITIBANK NA                               22,800

TOTAL:                                3,198,284

THE FOLLOWING ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY:

STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED                273,800

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                    36,674,337

TOTAL:                               36,948,137


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

N/A

6) Percentage of issued class

N/A

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.4P EACH

10) Date of transaction

16 AUGUST 2001

11) Date company informed

17 AUGUST 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

119,574,591

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.01

14) Any additional information

N/A

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

ELLIE RICHMOND

020 7822 6705

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

MRS C J HAMPTON-COUTTS

ASSISTANT SECRETARY


Date of notification 21 AUGUST 2001