Holding(s) in Company

Unilever PLC
12 March 2002

                                  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

DOES NOT INDICATE


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

REGISTERED HOLDERS ARE APPROXIMATELY 560 CUSTODIAN BANKS UNAFFILIATED WITH
BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.


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

1 MARCH 2002

11) Date company informed

11 MARCH 2002

12) Total holding following this notification

170,021,670 CONSISTING OF 92,457,798 ORDINARY 1.4p PLC SHARES AND 19,390,968
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS, EACH EQUIVALENT TO 4 ORDINARY 1.4P PLC SHARES

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

5.8%

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

MRS C J HAMPTON-COUTTS

ASSISTANT SECRETARY


Date of notification 12 MARCH 2002





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