AGM Statement
Unilever PLC
16 May 2007
UNILEVER PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
ALL RESOLUTIONS APPROVED
Unilever PLC shareholders today approved all resolutions put to the annual
general meeting in London. Voting was by poll on each resolution and the results
are set out below.
All resolutions put to the annual general meeting for Unilever N.V. in Rotterdam
on 15 May 2007 were also approved.
BOARD APPOINTMENTS
All continuing directors stood for election and were duly re-elected. These were
Patrick Cescau, Kees van der Graaf, Ralph Kugler, Leon Brittan, Wim Dik, Charles
Golden, Byron Grote, David Simon, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Kees Storm and Jeroen van
der Veer.
Genevieve Berger, Narayana Murthy, Hixonia Nyasulu and Michael Treschow were
proposed for election for the first time and were duly elected.
Michael Treschow replaces Antony Burgmans as Chairman
Rudy Markham has stepped down as an Executive Director but remains Unilever's
Chief Financial Officer
Lynda Chalker retired as a Non-Executive director at the meeting.
POLL RESULTS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
RESOLUTION FOR AGAINST VOTE WITHHELD
1. To receive the Report and Accounts for the year 1,708,667,832 1,640,685 7,897,439
ended 31 December 2006
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for 1,541,035,691 72,975,957 27,159,939
the year ended 31 December 2006
3. To declare a dividend on the Ordinary shares 1,717,046,166 473,097 732,794
4. To re-elect Mr P J Cescau as a Director 1,712,877,919 2,225,188 3,089,964
5. To re-elect Mr C J van der Graaf as a Director 1,712,538,402 2,374,490 3,275,145
6. To re-elect Mr R D Kugler as a Director 1,712,582,316 2,327,364 3,191,074
7. To re-elect The Rt Hon The Lord Brittan of 1,706,260,774 9,715,432 2,257,911
Spennithorne QC, DL as a Director
8. To re-elect Professor W Dik as a Director 1,628,467,846 9,870,977 2,742,725
9. To re-elect Mr C E Golden as a Director 1,714,259,766 1,162,595 2,762,004
10. To re-elect Dr B Grote as a Director 1,714,451,583 1,043,876 2,729,164
11. To re-elect The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE as a 1,620,267,997 13,650,293 6,902,538
Director
12. To re-elect Mr J-C Spinetta as a Director 1,588,488,173 45,528,811 7,082,304
13. To re-elect Mr K J Storm as a Director 1,707,005,776 8,321,261 2,771,945
14. To re-elect Mr J van der Veer as a Director 1,554,727,897 25,607,636 60,685,663
15. To elect Professor G Berger as a Director 1,714,857,740 1,054,979 2,285,110
16. To elect Mr N Murthy as a Director 1,714,181,875 1,213,139 2,806,916
17. To elect Ms H Nyasulu as a Director 1,713,184,015 1,881,108 3,151,900
18. To elect Mr M Treschow as a Director 1,714,460,322 1,221,998 2,567,935
19. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as 1,714,894,278 2,759,140 596,496
Auditors of the Company
20. To authorise the Directors to fix the 1,710,091,971 4,014,890 4,146,906
remuneration of the Auditors
21. To renew the authority to Directors to allot 1,702,889,466 11,752,598 1,230,293
shares
22. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply 1,709,132,270 7,334,475 1,424,791
pre-emption rights
23. To renew the authority to the Company to 1,716,017,562 1,258,972 586,740
purchase its own shares
24. To amend the Articles of Association in relation 1,710,994,405 2,490,253 4,408,752
to, inter alia, e-communications and voting rights
25. To amend the Articles of Association in relation 1,700,244,008 14,514,130 3,132,823
to Directors' Remuneration
26. To approve The Unilever Global Share Incentive 1,470,172,909 131,715,248 38,871,707
Plan 2007
Votes cast as a percentage of the issued share capital was approximately 58.14%
A 'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the
calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.
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