Unilever NV
All resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting for Unilever N.V. in Rotterdam on 15 May 2007 were also approved.
Board appointments
All continuing directors stood for election and were duly re-elected by the shareholders of Unilever PLC. These were Patrick Cescau, Genevieve Berger, Leon Brittan, Wim Dik, Charles Golden, Byron Grote, Narayana Murthy, Hixonia Nyasulu, David Simon, Kees Storm, Michael Treschow and Jeroen van der Veer.
James Lawrence was proposed for election for the first time and was duly elected by the shareholders of Unilever PLC.
Kees van der Graaf and Ralph Kugler will retire as Executive Directors at the close of the Unilever N.V. Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 15 May 2008.
Resolutions 4 and 5 and 7 to 17 inclusive shall be subject to and become effective on the passing of the resolutions at the Unilever N.V. Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 15 May 2008 (or at any adjournment thereof).
Poll results Annual General Meeting
Resolution | For | Against | Vote withheld |
1. To receive the Report and Accounts for
| 734 795 958 | 746 916 | 555 407 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration
| 639 138 537 | 88 370 179 | 8 585 889 |
3. To declare a dividend on the ordinary shares | 735 697 733 | 83 904 | 311 904 |
4. To re-elect Mr P J Cescau as
| 735 083 323 | 754 358 | 277 083 |
5. To re-elect Mr J A Lawrence as
| 734 820 942 | 835 147 | 452 401 |
6. To increase GSIP award and bonus
| 643 283 032 | 89 087 913 | 3 713 100 |
7. To re-elect Professor G Berger as
| 735 183 376 | 559 270 | 368 683 |
8. To re-elect The Rt Hon The Lord Brittan of
| 732 628 112 | 2 997 800 | 474 905 |
9. To re-elect Professor W Dik as
| 733 364 984 | 2 252 992 | 484 984 |
10. To re-elect Mr C E Golden as
| 734 560 550 | 1 119 150 | 424 992 |
11. To re-elect Dr B Grote as
| 735 096 189 | 590 406 | 402 580 |
12. To re-elect Mr N Murthy as
| 734 997 189 | 613 589 | 467 283 |
13. To re-elect Ms H Nyasulu as
| 733 207 976 | 2 349 350 | 500 077 |
14. To re-elect The Lord Simon of
| 732 981 601 | 2 598 853 | 296 380 |
15. To re-elect Mr K J Storm as
| 733 479 584 | 2 158 558 | 362 146 |
16. To re-elect Mr M Treschow as
| 715 695 373 | 19 986 899 | 384 767 |
17. To re-elect Mr J van der Veer as
| 734 204 193 | 1 492 949 | 359 329 |
18. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
| 729 056 260 | 992 359 | 5 995 237 |
19. To authorise the Directors to fix the
| 728 773 000 | 1 007 514 | 6 266 636 |
20. To renew the authority to Directors
| 723 744 700 | 11 927 416 | 372 454 |
21. To renew the authority to Directors
| 728 911 567 | 6 211 837 | 916 406 |
22. To renew the authority to the
| 731 816 198 | 3 264 043 | 980 334 |
23. To adopt the new the Articles
| 727 704 908 | 7 293 526 | 1 058 172 |
Votes cast as a percentage of the issued share capital was approximately 56.07%
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 the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and will be available for inspection at the UKLA’s Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
