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RNS Number : 2168E  Unilever PLC  13 May 2026

13 May 2026

 

 

UNILEVER PLC

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

Unilever PLC shareholders today approved each of the resolutions put to the
2026 Annual General Meeting. Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary
resolutions and resolutions 18 to 21 were passed as special resolutions.
Voting was by poll on each resolution and the results are set out below.

 

 

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

 

The following directors stood for election or re-election and were duly
elected or re-elected by the shareholders of Unilever PLC:

 

Srinivas Phatak, Fernando Fernandez, Adrian Hennah, Susan Kilsby, Ruby Lu,
Judith McKenna, Ian Meakins, Benoît Potier, Nelson Peltz and Zoe Yujnovich.

 

POLL RESULTS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 13 May 2026

 

                                                                            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 2025  1,580,991,350    99.30%  11,157,844           0.70%  1,592,149,194     73.05%                                                 2,854,936
 together with the Directors' Reports and the Auditor's Report
 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                           1,555,794,771    97.63%  37,810,344           2.37%  1,593,605,115     73.12%                                                 1,398,986
 3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                           1,472,503,925    95.69%  66,280,179           4.31%  1,538,784,104     70.60%                                                 56,219,995
 4. To elect Srinivas Phatak as a Director                                  1,580,475,082    99.17%  13,178,650           0.83%  1,593,653,732     73.12%                                                 1,340,374
 5. To re-elect Fernando Fernandez as a Director                            1,583,231,485    99.34%  10,529,184           0.66%  1,593,760,669     73.13%                                                 1,233,437
 6. To re-elect Adrian Hennah as a Director                                 1,557,298,733    97.72%  36,270,781           2.28%  1,593,569,514     73.12%                                                 1,424,359
 7. To re-elect Susan Kilsby as a Director                                  1,484,064,632    93.13%  109,506,168          6.87%  1,593,570,800     73.12%                                                 1,423,276
 8. To re-elect Ruby Lu as a Director                                       1,570,537,480    98.56%  23,005,452           1.44%  1,593,542,932     73.12%                                                 1,451,054
 9. To re-elect Judith McKenna as a Director                                1,575,620,267    98.95%  16,659,699           1.05%  1,592,279,966     73.06%                                                 2,714,110
 10. To re-elect Ian Meakins as a Director                                  1,553,382,104    97.47%  40,302,794           2.53%  1,593,684,898     73.12%                                                 1,309,179
 11. To re-elect Benoît Potier as a Director                                1,586,832,733    99.58%  6,672,801            0.42%  1,593,505,534     73.12%                                                 1,488,541
 12. To re-elect Nelson Peltz as a Director                                 1,567,360,466    98.35%  26,323,593           1.65%  1,593,684,059     73.12%                                                 1,309,852
 13. To re-elect Zoe Yujnovich as a Director                                1,585,635,702    99.51%  7,870,175            0.49%  1,593,505,877     73.12%                                                 1,488,109
 14. To reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditor of the Company                        1,498,485,183    94.03%  95,188,929           5.97%  1,593,674,112     73.12%                                                 1,319,965
 15. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditor      1,549,929,336    97.26%  43,705,464           2.74%  1,593,634,800     73.12%                                                 1,357,540
 16. To authorise political donations and expenditure                       1,565,545,743    98.69%  20,765,439           1.31%  1,586,311,182     72.79%                                                 8,681,990
 17. To renew the authority to Directors to allot shares                    1,514,649,146    95.04%  79,041,118           4.96%  1,593,690,264     73.12%                                                 1,303,190
 18. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption rights     1,567,547,387    98.41%  25,396,198           1.59%  1,592,943,585     73.09%                                                 2,049,235
 19. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in  1,567,877,041    98.42%  25,244,781           1.58%  1,593,121,822     73.10%                                                 1,870,685
 connection with acquisitions or capital investments
 20. To renew the authority to the Company to purchase its own shares       1,589,650,031    99.79%  3,337,255            0.21%  1,592,987,286     73.09%                                                 2,006,204
 21. To shorten the notice period for General Meetings (other than Annual   1,491,770,465    93.59%  102,144,736          6.41%  1,593,915,201     73.13%                                                 1,078,905
 General Meetings) to 14 clear days' notice

 

NOTES:

- The 'For' vote includes votes given at the Chair's discretion and details of
proxy votes cast are included in the table above.

- As at close of business on 12 May 2026, the total number of issued ordinary
shares of Unilever PLC was 2,185,205,247. Of those ordinary shares, 5,531,265
were held as treasury shares and 239,520 ordinary shares (including ordinary
shares represented by Unilever PLC ADSs) were held by or on behalf of
companies in the Unilever Group (the "Unilever Group Shares"). The voting
rights attaching to the Unilever Group Shares are not exercisable. Therefore,
as at 11.30am on 13 May 2026, the total number of Unilever PLC ordinary shares
with exercisable voting rights was 2,179,434,462.

 

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 UK Listing Rule 6.4.2 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .  A copy of the
resolutions can also be found in the Chair's Letter and Notice of Meeting
which is available on our website: www.unilever.com/AGM
(http://www.unilever.com/AGM) .

 

 

Prakash Kakkad

Chief Legal Officer and Group Company Secretary

 

13 May 2026

 

 

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