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UNILEVER PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
ALL RESOLUTIONS APPROVED
Unilever PLC shareholders today approved all resolutions put to the 2015 Annual General Meeting in Leatherhead. 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: Laura Cha, Louise Fresco, Ann Fudge, Mary Ma, Jean-Marc Huët, Hixonia Nyasulu, Paul Polman, John Rishton, Feike Sijbesma and Michael Treschow.
Nils Andersen and Judith Hartmann were proposed for election for the first time and were duly elected by the shareholders of Unilever PLC with effect from 30 April 2015. Vittorio Colao was proposed for election for the first time and was duly elected by the shareholders of Unilever PLC with effect from 1 July 2015.
Each proposed candidate for election or re-election was also proposed and all resolutions were passed approving his or her appointment as an Executive or Non-Executive Director at the Unilever N.V. AGM on 29 April 2015.
Byron Grote, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Kees Storm and Paul Walsh retired as Non-Executive Directors at the close of the Unilever PLC Annual General Meeting.
POLL RESULTS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 30 APRIL 2015
|
|
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 2014 |
894,163,102 |
99.03 |
8,800,768 |
0.97 |
902,963,870 |
70.35% |
1,178,486 |
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2014 |
862,094,916 |
96.28 |
33,315,864 |
3.72 |
895,410,780 |
69.77% |
8,729,239 |
|
3. To re-elect Mr P G J M Polman as a Director |
901,865,284 |
99.91 |
817,833 |
0.09 |
902,683,117 |
70.33% |
1,460,481 |
|
4. To re-elect Mr R J-M S Huët as a Director |
892,545,569 |
98.88 |
10,110,034 |
1.12 |
902,655,603 |
70.33% |
1,486,142 |
|
5. To re-elect Mrs L M Cha as a Director |
901,931,599 |
99.92 |
697,914 |
0.08 |
902,629,513 |
70.33% |
1,516,369 |
|
6. To re-elect Professor L O Fresco as a Director |
901,937,342 |
99.92 |
677,562 |
0.08 |
902,614,904 |
70.33% |
1,525,741 |
|
7. To re-elect Ms A M Fudge as a Director |
901,659,850 |
99.91 |
820,397 |
0.09 |
902,480,247 |
70.32% |
1,659,894 |
|
8. To re-elect Ms M Ma as a Director |
900,575,835 |
99.77 |
2,060,030 |
0.23 |
902,635,865 |
70.33% |
1,508,255 |
|
9. To re-elect Ms H Nyasulu as a Director |
901,971,551 |
99.93 |
663,804 |
0.07 |
902,635,355 |
70.33% |
1,510,051 |
|
10. To re-elect Mr J Rishton as a Director |
901,915,835 |
99.92 |
701,872 |
0.08 |
902,617,707 |
70.33% |
1,519,937 |
|
11. To re-elect Mr F Sijbesma as a Director |
897,749,580 |
99.46 |
4,829,718 |
0.54 |
902,579,298 |
70.32% |
1,561,347 |
|
12. To re-elect Mr M Treschow as a Director |
897,837,839 |
99.47 |
4,745,254 |
0.53 |
902,583,093 |
70.32% |
1,560,223 |
|
13. To elect Mr N S Andersen as a Director |
899,746,170 |
99.69 |
2,818,939 |
0.31 |
902,565,109 |
70.32% |
1,575,673 |
|
14. To elect Mr V Colao as a Director |
901,644,212 |
99.90 |
906,864 |
0.10 |
902,551,076 |
70.32% |
1,588,576 |
|
15. To elect Dr J Hartmann as a Director |
901,617,997 |
99.90 |
939,225 |
0.10 |
902,557,222 |
70.32% |
1,587,020 |
|
16. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors of the Company |
901,749,167 |
99.88 |
1,043,418 |
0.12 |
902,792,585 |
70.34% |
1,350,631 |
|
17. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors |
900,149,268 |
99.95 |
474,972 |
0.05 |
900,624,240 |
70.17% |
3,519,214 |
|
18. To renew the authority to Directors to issue shares |
887,932,535 |
98.40 |
14,483,137 |
1.60 |
902,415,672 |
70.31% |
1,728,104 |
|
19. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption rights |
875,513,461 |
97.06 |
26,508,124 |
2.94 |
902,021,585 |
70.28% |
2,120,655 |
|
20. To renew the authority to the Company to purchase its own shares |
901,901,652 |
99.92 |
683,550 |
0.08 |
902,585,202 |
70.32% |
1,550,392 |
|
21. To authorise Political Donations and Expenditure |
884,468,614 |
98.59 |
12,667,539 |
1.41 |
897,136,153 |
69.90% |
6,993,411 |
|
22. To shorten the Notice period for General Meetings |
791,916,019 |
87.76 |
110,474,000 |
12.24 |
902,390,019 |
70.31% |
1,751,897 |
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 1.30pm on Thursday 30 April 2015 was 1,283,459,367. 26,696,994 Ordinary shares are held in treasury and do not have voting rights attached.
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: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do 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
30 April 2015
Safe Harbour:
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