Interim Dividend

UNILEVER PLC
UNILEVER NV
29 September 1999


   UNILEVER NV CHANGES EX-DIVIDEND DATE FOR INTERIM DIVIDEND

Following consultation with the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the
Board of Unilever N.V. has decided  to bring forward the ex-
dividend date for the 1999 interim dividend on ordinary shares
and depositary receipts for shares from Monday November 15 to
Monday November 8.

The interim dividend will be announced on Friday November 5
and the payment date remains as Friday December 17.

The change is linked to the uncertainty that has arisen
regarding the tax treatment in the Netherlands of share
transactions in the period between the resolution to
distribute a dividend and the ex-dividend date.

The Unilever PLC interim dividend date, and those for the PLC
American Shares and N.V.New York Shares, are unaffected by
this change.


         UNILEVER DIVIDEND PAYMENT TIMETABLE (REVISED)

The payment timetable for Unilever 1999 interim dividends will
be as follows:


INTERIM FOR 1999    UNILEVER PLC        PLC AMERICAN SHARES

Announced           5 November  1999         5 November  1999
Ex-dividend date    15 November 1999         17 November 1999
Record Date         19 November 1999         19 November 1999
Payment Date        17 December 1999         29 December 1999

INTERIM FOR 1999    UNILEVER NV         NV NEW YORK SHARES

Announced           5 November 1999          5 November 1999
Ex-dividend date    8 November 1999         10 November 1999
Record Date                   --            15 November 1999
Payment Date        17 December 1999        17 December 1999