Holding in Company

Unilever PLC
11 January 2002

                                 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                 8,787,653

BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES                     1,458,499

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                       20,462,234

BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LIMITED                    371,000

MIDLAND BANK PLC                             12,860,054

DEUTSCHE BANK MANNHEIM                            8,900

BANKERS TRUST                                 2,670,400

BARCLAYS GLOBAL SECURITIES SERVICES           1,068,000

CITIBANK LONDON                               2,086,510

NORTRUST NOMINEES                             8,994,100

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND                           20,200

MSS NOMINEES LIMITED                             92,200

STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO                     64,600

RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED                           19,200

NEW ACCOUNT NOMINEE INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE    48,800

CITIBANK NA                                      65,000

DEUTSCHE BANK AG                                 11,800

HSBC BANK PLC                                    21,400

ROY NOMINEES LIMITED                            109,500

MELLON NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED                    282,900

TOTAL:                                       59,502,950



THE FOLLOWING ARE HELD ON BEHALF OF CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED:

STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED                679,900

BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES                  1,831,326

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                     4,136,760

MIDLAND BANK PLC                              67,000

BANKERS TRUST                              5,426,647
                                       
CITIBANK LONDON                              391,760

MORGAN GUARANTY                              510,800

NORTRUST NOMINEES                          3,024,045

CITIBANK                                      29,500

DEUTSCHE BANK AG                             901,500

HSBC BANK PLC                                307,500

KAS UK                                        76,219

BANK ONE LONDON                              159,000

TOTAL:                                    17,541,957



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

STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED                287,800

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                     2,565,800

MIDLAND BANK PLC                             235,300

BARCLAYS GLOBAL SECURITIES SERVICES          690,900

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND                     1,076,800

LLOYDS BANK                                   79,800

RBSTB NOMINEES LIMITED                        85,500

CITIBANK NA                                   26,500

DEUTSCHE BANK AG                             225,900

TOTAL:                                     5,274,300



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

STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED                1,656,042

BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES                      264,603

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                       1,887,101

DEUTSCHE BANK MANNHEIM                          32,100

CITIBANK NA                                     22,800

TOTAL:                                       3,862,646



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

STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED                720,000

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED                    58,668,226

TOTAL:                                    59,388,226


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

3 JANUARY 2002

11) Date company informed

10 JANUARY 2002

12) Total holding following this notification

145,570,079

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.00

14) Any additional information

N/A

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

MATTHEW J. WOODVILLE

020 7822 6043

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

MR ROBERT M. TOMLINSON

DEPUTY SECRETARY


Date of notification 11 JANUARY 2002