The following amendment has been made to the 'Result of AGM' announcement released on 5 May 2021 at 16:40 under RNS No 6805X
The percentage of votes against resolution 4 (To approve the Climate Transition Action Plan) was incorrectly stated as 4.10%. The percentage should have read 0.41%. This has been corrected within the announcement below.
All other details remain unchanged.
UNILEVER PLC
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
ALL RESOLUTIONS APPROVED
Unilever PLC shareholders today approved all resolutions put to the 2021 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, Judith Hartmann, Alan Jope, Andrea Jung, Susan Kilsby, Strive Masiyiwa, Youngme Moon, Graeme Pitkethly, John Rishton and Feike Sijbesma.
POLL RESULTS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 5 MAY 2021
|
|
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 2020 |
1,811,695,338 |
99.94% |
1,120,917 |
0.06% |
1,812,816,255 |
68.98% |
7,621,326 |
|
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
1,755,659,010 |
96.88% |
56,815,456 |
3.12% |
1,812,474,466 |
68.96% |
7,962,282 |
|
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
1,694,098,948 |
93.51% |
118,174,821 |
6.49% |
1,812,273,769 |
68.96% |
8,161,369 |
|
4. To approve the Climate Transition Action Plan |
1,773,436,202 |
99.59% |
7,484,010 |
0.41% |
1,780,920,212 |
67.76% |
39,514,930 |
|
5. To re-elect Mr N Andersen as a Non-Executive Director |
1,805,058,501 |
99.43% |
10,302,517 |
0.57% |
1,815,361,018 |
69.07% |
5,066,088 |
|
6. To re-elect Mrs L Cha as a Non-Executive Director |
1,810,137,372 |
99.71% |
5,271,647 |
0.29% |
1,815,409,019 |
69.07% |
5,022,665 |
|
7. To re-elect Dr J Hartmann as a Non-Executive Director |
1,809,399,932 |
99.67% |
5,945,278 |
0.33% |
1,815,345,210 |
69.07% |
5,088,056 |
|
8. To re-elect Mr A Jope as an Executive Director |
1,814,062,194 |
99.93% |
1,346,536 |
0.07% |
1,815,408,730 |
69.07% |
5,025,387 |
|
9. To re-elect Ms A Jung as a Non-Executive Director |
1,777,346,994 |
97.91% |
38,070,030 |
2.09% |
1,815,417,024 |
69.07% |
5,017,093 |
|
10. To re-elect Ms S Kilsby as a Non-Executive Director |
1,719,206,287 |
94.71% |
96,222,873 |
5.29% |
1,815,429,160 |
69.08% |
5,004,957 |
|
11. To re-elect Mr S Masiyiwa as a Non-Executive Director |
1,808,212,174 |
99.61% |
7,071,996 |
0.39% |
1,815,284,170 |
69.07% |
5,127,947 |
|
12. To re-elect Professor Y Moon as a Non-Executive Director |
1,811,576,958 |
99.80% |
3,721,224 |
0.20% |
1,815,298,182 |
69.07% |
5,113,935 |
|
13. To re-elect Mr G Pitkethly as an Executive Director |
1,809,561,229 |
99.68% |
5,761,348 |
0.32% |
1,815,322,577 |
69.07% |
5,086,540 |
|
14. To re-elect Mr J Rishton as a Non-Executive Director |
1,766,204,720 |
97.31% |
49,053,804 |
2.69% |
1,815,258,524 |
69.07% |
5,153,593 |
|
15. To re-elect Mr F Sijbesma as a Non-Executive Director |
1,811,233,481 |
99.78% |
4,031,509 |
0.22% |
1,815,264,990 |
69.07% |
5,145,777 |
|
16. To reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditors of the Company |
1,783,483,941 |
98.35% |
30,110,559 |
1.65% |
1,813,594,500 |
69.01% |
6,820,881 |
|
17. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditor |
1,792,572,201 |
98.85% |
20,809,093 |
1.15% |
1,813,381,294 |
69.00% |
7,034,087 |
|
18. To authorise Political Donations and expenditure |
1,761,159,425 |
97.40% |
47,290,002 |
2.60% |
1,808,449,427 |
68.81% |
11,959,136 |
|
19. To approve the SHARES Plan |
1,795,664,810 |
98.96% |
18,833,861 |
1.04% |
1,814,498,671 |
69.04% |
5,916,084 |
|
20. To renew the authority to Directors to issue shares |
1,765,160,312 |
97.02% |
54,202,524 |
2.98% |
1,819,362,836 |
69.22% |
1,052,075 |
|
21. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption rights |
1,776,228,031 |
98.00% |
36,356,700 |
2.00% |
1,812,584,731 |
68.97% |
7,825,663 |
|
22. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments |
1,777,536,610 |
98.01% |
36,229,467 |
1.99% |
1,813,766,077 |
69.01% |
6,647,698 |
|
23. To renew the authority to the Company to purchase its own shares |
1,796,210,602 |
99.00% |
18,057,480 |
1.00% |
1,814,268,082 |
69.03% |
6,107,167 |
|
24. To shorten the notice period for General Meetings |
1,694,149,982 |
93.38% |
120,534,917 |
6.62% |
1,814,684,899 |
69.05% |
5,688,798 |
|
25. To adopt new Articles of Association |
1,812,304,342 |
99.91% |
1,712,379 |
0.09% |
1,814,016,721 |
69.02% |
6,353,696 |
|
26. To reduce the share premium account |
1,812,249,179 |
99.91% |
1,665,624 |
0.09% |
1,813,914,803 |
69.02% |
6,452,723 |
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.
- As at 2.30pm on 5 May 2021 the total number of issued ordinary shares of Unilever PLC was 2,629,243,772 and Unilever PLC did not hold any ordinary shares in treasury. 1,053,291 shares (including ordinary shares represented by Unilever PLC ADSs) were held by or on behalf of companies in the Unilever Group. The voting rights attaching to those ordinary shares are not exercisable. Therefore, as at 2.30pm on 5 May 2021 and excluding those ordinary shares (including ordinary shares represented by Unilever PLC ADSs) held by or on behalf of companies in the Unilever Group, the total number of Unilever PLC ordinary shares with exercisable voting rights was 2,628,190,481.
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
5 May 2021
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