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Unilever PLC

AGM Information Apr 27, 2017

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UNILEVER PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

ALL RESOLUTIONS APPROVED

Unilever PLC shareholders today approved all resolutions put to the 2017 Annual General Meeting in London. 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, Marijn Dekkers, Ann Fudge, Judith Hartmann, Mary Ma, Strive Masiyiwa, Youngme Moon, Graeme Pitkethly, Paul Polman, John Rishton and Feike Sijbesma.

Each proposed candidate for 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 26 April 2017.

Louise Fresco retired as a Non-Executive Director at the close of the Unilever PLC Annual General Meeting.

POLL RESULTS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 27 APRIL 2017

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 2016
852,865,033 98.83 10,111,338 1.17 862,976,371 67.24% 391,164
2. To approve the
Directors'
Remuneration
Report
839,684,040 98.14 15,895,964 1.86 855,580,004 66.66% 7,780,454
3. To approve the
Directors'
Remuneration
Policy
825,768,774 95.83 35,953,515 4.17 861,722,289 67.14% 1,634,396
4. To approve the
Unilever Share
Plan 2017
817,769,502 94.88 44,151,172 5.12 861,920,674 67.16% 1,431,093
5. To re-elect Mr N
S Andersen as a
Director
861,892,789 99.91 800,669 0.09 862,693,458 67.22% 664,427
6. To re-elect Mrs
L M Cha as a
Director
862,075,078 99.93 632,293 0.07 862,707,371 67.22% 648,719
7. To re-elect Mr V
Colao as a Director
860,764,358 99.78 1,913,155 0.22 862,677,513 67.22% 678,578
8. To re-elect Dr M
Dekkers as a
Director
856,629,631 99.30 6,055,591 0.70 862,685,222 67.22% 669,281
9. To re-elect Ms A
M Fudge as a
Director
850,568,937 98.59 12,137,949 1.41 862,706,886 67.22% 653,195
10. To re-elect Dr J
Hartmann as a
Director
860,931,373 99.80 1,751,986 0.20 862,683,359 67.22% 672,531
11. To re-elect Ms
M Ma as a Director
861,911,011 99.91 786,119 0.09 862,697,130 67.22% 658,959
12. To re-elect Mr
S Masiyiwa as a
Director
860,714,135 99.77 1,963,411 0.23 862,677,546 67.22% 678,363
13. To re-elect
Professor Y Moon
as a Director
861,860,815 99.91 813,069 0.09 862,673,884 67.21% 681,181
14. To re-elect Mr
G Pitkethly as a
Director
860,331,272 99.73 2,349,424 0.27 862,680,696 67.22% 662,136
15. To re-elect Mr
P G J M Polman
as a Director
862,104,204 99.93 601,162 0.07 862,705,366 67.22% 643,338
16. To re-elect Mr
J Rishton as a
Director
861,624,159 99.88 1,035,402 0.12 862,659,561 67.21% 696,249
17. To re-elect Mr
F Sijbesma as a
Director
861,307,653 99.84 1,364,036 0.16 862,671,689 67.21% 684,236
18. To reappoint
KPMG LLP as
Auditors of the
Company
862,150,195 99.91 744,212 0.09 862,894,407 67.23% 467,094
19. To authorise
the Directors to fix
the remuneration
of the Auditor
861,887,600 99.89 956,635 0.11 862,844,235 67.23% 515,372
20. To authorise
Political Donations
and Expenditure
21. To renew the
authority to
Directors to issue
shares
847,062,833
857,426,858
98.71
99.39
11,078,842
5,241,991
1.29
0.61
858,141,675
862,668,849
66.86%
67.21%
5,212,550
692,872
22. To renew the
authority to
Directors to
disapply pre
emption rights
858,564,519 99.56 3,782,633 0.44 862,347,152 67.19% 1,011,915
23. To renew the
authority to
Directors to
disapply pre
emption rights for
the purposes of
acquisitions or
capital investments
824,678,712 95.62 37,765,446 4.38 862,444,158 67.20% 915,446
24. To renew the
authority to the
Company to
purchase its own
shares
852,677,347 98.86 9,804,327 1.14 862,481,674 67.20% 874,487
25. To shorten the
Notice period for
General Meetings
779,355,691 90.81 78,917,286 9.19 858,272,977 66.87% 5,083,906

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 10.00am on Thursday 27 April 2017 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

27 April 2017

Safe Harbour:

This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, including 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as 'will', 'aim', 'expects', 'anticipates', 'intends', 'looks', 'believes', 'vision', or the negative of these terms and other similar expressions of future performance or results, and their negatives, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forwardlooking statements are based upon current expectations and assumptions regarding anticipated developments and other factors affecting the Unilever Group (the "Group"). They are not historical facts, nor are they guarantees of future performance.

Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Among other risks and uncertainties, the material or principal factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are: Unilever's global brands not meeting consumer preferences; Unilever's ability to innovate and remain competitive; Unilever's investment choices in its portfolio management; inability to find sustainable solutions to support long-term growth; customer relationships; the recruitment and retention of talented employees; disruptions in our supply chain; the cost of raw materials and commodities; the production of safe and high quality products; secure and reliable IT infrastructure; successful execution of acquisitions, divestitures and business transformation projects; economic and political risks and natural disasters; the effect of climate change on Unilever's business; financial risks; failure to meet high and ethical standards; and managing regulatory, tax and legal matters. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this announcement. Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the Group expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Group's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the Group are described in the Group's filings with the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the Annual Report on Form 20-F 2016 and the Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2016.

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