Holding in Company

Unilever PLC
10 September 2001



                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

UNILEVER PLC


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

BARLCAYS PLC

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

NOTIFIABLE INTEREST THROUGH ITS SUBSIDIARY BARCLAYS BANK PLC


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

MSTC Nominees Ltd                                                         3,604
MSTC Nominees Ltd                                                       116,953
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                     2,826,304
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited 73520                                  344,304
Dematerialised                                                           60,750
Chase Nominees Limited 16331                                          1,106,694
Chase Nominees Limited 16338                                            165,238
Chase Nominees Limited 16341                                          2,923,917
Chase Nominees Limited 16342                                            295,588
Chase Nominees Limited 16344                                            155,276
Chase Nominees Limited 16345                                            278,554
Chase Nominees Limited 16376                                            518,296
Chase Nominees Limited 16400                                         27,026,731
Chase Nominees Limited 16530                                          6,664,518
Chase Nominees Limited 18408                                            360,474
Chase Nominees Limited 20947                                          3,595,721
DEM69                                                                   977,117
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd & third party nominee                         14,123
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd as executor                                    3,809
Unknown                                                                     676
Phildrew Nominees Limited                                               169,170
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd - IMA                                          4,843
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd - PEP                                        91
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                          16,980,444
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited a/c 5782A             4,266,032
Unknown                                                               1,157,201
Unknown                                                                  45,984
Unknown                                                                  94,498
Unknown                                                                  15,041
Unknown                                                                  40,215
Unknown                                                                  52,985
Unknown                                                                   7,433
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd and another                                  223,253
Unknown                                                              21,143,053
Nutraco Nominees Limited                                                375,450
TOTAL                                                                92,014,340




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

5 SEPTEMBER 2001

11) Date company informed

10 SEPTEMBER 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

92,014,340

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.16%

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 10 SEPTEMBER 2001