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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 % TOTAL VOTES % OF SHARE VOTES WITHHELD
AGAINST CAST CAPITAL
VALIDLY CAST
VOTED FOR AND
AGAINST
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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17.
To authorise
Political
Donations and
Expenditure 859,159,366 97.06 26,011,156 2.94 885,170,522 75.75% 804,577
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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