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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
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