Result of AGM

Unilever PLC

01 May 2024

 

London, 1 May 2024

UNILEVER PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Unilever PLC shareholders today approved each of the resolutions put to the 2024 Annual General Meeting. Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 22 were passed as special resolutions. Voting was by poll on each resolution and the results are set out below.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

The following directors stood for election or re-election and were duly elected or re-elected by the shareholders of Unilever PLC:

Fernando Fernandez, Adrian Hennah, Andrea Jung, Susan Kilsby, Ruby Lu, Judith McKenna, Ian Meakins, Nelson Peltz and Hein Schumacher.

POLL RESULTS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 1 MAY 2024

	TOTAL VOTES FOR	%	TOTAL VOTES AGAINST	%	TOTAL VOTES CAST	% OF SHARE CAPITAL VALIDLY CAST VOTED FOR AND AGAINST	VOTES WITHHELD
1. To receive the Reports and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023	1,800,729,225	99.45%	9,966,995	0.55%	1,810,696,220	72.35%	3,481,866
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	1,774,251,126	97.96%	36,962,423	2.04%	1,811,213,549	72.37%	2,966,904
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	1,769,512,007	97.69%	41,749,811	2.31%	1,811,261,818	72.37%	2,918,626
4.To approve the Climate Transition Action Plan	1,659,769,519	97.59%	41,001,833	2.41%	1,700,771,352	67.96%	113,395,016
5. To elect Fernando Fernandez as a Director	1,808,673,411	99.77%	4,108,371	0.23%	1,812,781,782	72.43%	1,395,610
6. To re-elect Adrian Hennah as a Director	1,705,872,213	94.16%	105,743,176	5.84%	1,811,615,389	72.39%	2,564,082
7. To re-elect Andrea Jung as a Director	1,779,071,833	98.21%	32,469,478	1.79%	1,811,541,311	72.38%	2,632,754
8. To re-elect Susan Kilsby as a Director	1,806,649,018	99.67%	5,980,303	0.33%	1,812,629,321	72.43%	1,550,150
9. To re-elect Ruby Lu as a Director	1,793,283,012	99.43%	10,242,062	0.57%	1,803,525,074	72.06%	10,654,268
10. To elect Ian Meakins as a Director	1,785,432,531	98.61%	25,251,509	1.39%	1,810,684,040	72.35%	3,496,208
11. To elect Judith McKenna as a Director	1,810,541,577	99.89%	2,053,978	0.11%	1,812,595,555	72.43%	1,583,827
12. To re-elect Nelson Peltz as a Director	1,786,458,851	98.55%	26,257,254	1.45%	1,812,716,105	72.43%	1,463,200
13. To re-elect Hein Schumacher as a Director	1,808,470,703	99.76%	4,348,673	0.24%	1,812,819,376	72.44%	1,358,500
14. To reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditors of the Company	1,791,600,664	98.88%	20,211,645	1.12%	1,811,812,309	72.40%	2,367,156
15. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditor	1,809,554,441	99.88%	2,238,563	0.12%	1,811,793,004	72.39%	2,385,562
16. To authorise Political Donations and expenditure	1,774,391,901	98.34%	29,900,923	1.66%	1,804,292,824	72.10%	9,887,318
17. To authorise the Directors to allot shares	1,740,915,807	96.04%	71,823,507	3.96%	1,812,739,314	72.43%	1,441,372
18. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights	1,784,960,145	98.50%	27,178,616	1.50%	1,812,138,761	72.41%	2,040,710
19. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments	1,782,126,412	98.33%	30,191,118	1.67%	1,812,317,530	72.42%	1,861,941
20. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	1,809,085,300	99.81%	3,404,753	0.19%	1,812,490,053	72.42%	1,690,633
21. To authorise the Directors to call General Meetings (other than an AGM) on 14 clear days' notice	1,699,190,110	93.75%	113,185,068	6.25%	1,812,375,178	72.42%	1,803,565
22. Adoption of new Articles of Association.	1,809,436,070	99.92%	1,486,543	0.08%	1,810,922,613	72.36%	3,255,671

NOTES:

- The 'For' vote includes votes given at the Chairman's discretion and details of proxy votes cast are included in the table above.

- As at close of business on 30 April 2024 the total number of issued ordinary shares of Unilever PLC was 2,521,497,338. Of those ordinary shares, 16,181,572 were held as treasury shares and 2,665,283 ordinary shares (including ordinary shares represented by Unilever PLC ADSs) were held by or on behalf of companies in the Unilever Group (the "Unilever Group Shares"). The voting rights attaching to the Unilever Group Shares are not exercisable. Therefore, as at 11.30am on 1 May 2024, the total number of Unilever PLC ordinary shares with exercisable voting rights was 2,502,650,483.

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.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2 copies of all the resolutions passed, other than ordinary business, will be submitted to and available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.  A copy of the resolutions can also be found in the Chairman's Letter and Notice of Meeting which is available on our website: www.unilever.com/AGM

1 May 2024

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Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the Group are described in the Group's filings with the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the Annual Report on Form 20-F 2023 and the Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2023.

 

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