Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3748L

Unilever PLC

29 April 2020

 

UNILEVER PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

ALL RESOLUTIONS APPROVED

Unilever PLC shareholders today approved all resolutions put to the 2020 Annual General Meeting. Voting was by poll on each resolution and the results are set out below.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

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

Nils Andersen, Laura Cha, Vittorio Colao, Judith Hartmann, Alan Jope, Andrea Jung, Susan Kilsby, Strive Masiyiwa, Youngme Moon, Graeme Pitkethly, John Rishton and Feike Sijbesma.

Marijn Dekkers will retire as a Non-Executive Director at the close of the Unilever N.V. AGM on 30 April 2020.

POLL RESULTS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 29 APRIL 2020

	TOTAL VOTES FOR	%	TOTAL VOTES AGAINST	%	TOTAL VOTES CAST	% OF SHARE CAPITAL VALIDLY CAST VOTED FOR AND AGAINST	VOTES WITHHELD
1. To receive the Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019	882,934,344	99.75	2,171,568	0.25	885,105,912	75.75%	880,468
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	833,921,248	95.51	39,227,970	4.49	873,149,218	74.72%	12,833,255
3. To re-elect Mr N Andersen as a Director	859,927,272	97.89	18,579,693	2.11	878,506,965	75.18%	7,476,315
4. To re-elect Mrs L Cha as a Director	883,816,044	99.82	1,604,016	0.18	885,420,060	75.77%	566,664
5. To re-elect Mr V Colao as a Director	869,342,994	98.19	16,038,656	1.81	885,381,650	75.77%	605,074
6. To re-elect Dr J Hartmann as a Director	845,437,246	96.01	35,134,063	3.99	880,571,309	75.36%	5,415,414
7. To re-elect Mr A Jope as a Director	884,343,427	99.92	700,141	0.08	885,043,568	75.74%	932,632
8. To re-elect Ms A Jung as a Director	866,572,845	97.91	18,459,496	2.09	885,032,341	75.74%	954,383
9.  To re-elect Ms S Kilsby as a Director	882,196,487	99.64	3,217,932	0.36	885,414,419	75.77%	572,305
10. To re-elect Mr S Masiyiwa as a Director	884,487,385	99.90	885,538	0.10	885,372,923	75.77%	613,801
11. To re-elect Professor Y Moon as a Director	884,364,266	99.88	1,024,335	0.12	885,388,601	75.77%	596,123
12. To re-elect Mr G Pitkethly as a Director	877,437,680	99.10	7,931,475	0.90	885,369,155	75.77%	615,569
13. To re-elect Mr J Rishton as a Director	879,757,072	99.37	5,595,463	0.63	885,352,535	75.77%	632,189
14. To re-elect Mr F Sijbesma as a Director	882,431,804	99.67	2,913,908	0.33	885,345,712	75.77%	633,555
15. To reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditors of the Company	880,177,942	99.93	643,801	0.07	880,821,743	75.38%	5,162,981
16. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditor	879,446,646	99.33	5,924,244	0.67	885,370,890	75.77%	611,350
17. To authorise Political Donations and Expenditure	859,159,366	97.06	26,011,156	2.94	885,170,522	75.75%	804,577
18. To renew the authority to Directors to issue shares	869,530,499	98.22	15,780,479	1.78	885,310,978	75.76%	673,054
19. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption rights	882,317,117	99.68	2,852,116	0.32	885,169,233	75.75%	817,490
20. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments	876,179,553	98.97	9,076,664	1.03	885,256,217	75.76%	730,180
21. To renew the authority to the Company to purchase its own shares	874,752,481	98.84	10,297,470	1.16	885,049,951	75.74%	936,366
22. To shorten the Notice period for General Meetings	829,246,316	93.67	56,059,572	6.33	885,305,888	75.76%	679,914

NOTES:

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

- The total number of Unilever PLC Ordinary shares with voting rights in issue at 2.30pm on Wednesday 29 April 2020 was 1,168,530,650. Unilever PLC does not hold any shares in treasury.

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

29 April 2020

Safe Harbour :

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