FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Dated April
30, 2025
Commission
File Number: 001-04546
UNILEVER PLC
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UNILEVER HOUSE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON, ENGLAND
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Exhibit
99 attached hereto is incorporated herein by
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Pursuant
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UNILEVER
PLC
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/S/ M VARSELLONA
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BY M VARSELLONA
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CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND GROUP SECRETARY
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Date:
30 April, 2025
EXHIBIT
INDEX
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER
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EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
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99
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Notice
to London Stock Exchange dated 30 April 2025
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Result
of AGM
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Exhibit
99
London, 30 April 2025
UNILEVER PLC
RESULTS
OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Unilever PLC shareholders today approved each of the
resolutions put to the 2025 Annual General Meeting.
Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and
resolutions 16 to 19 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:
Benoît Potier, Zoe Yujnovich, Fernando Fernandez, Adrian
Hennah, Susan Kilsby, Ruby Lu, Judith McKenna, Ian Meakins
and Nelson Peltz.
POLL RESULTS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 30 April
2025
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TOTAL VOTES FOR
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%
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TOTAL VOTES AGAINST
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%
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TOTAL VOTES CAST
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% OF SHARE CAPITAL VALIDLY CAST VOTED FOR AND AGAINST
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VOTES WITHHELD
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1. To receive the Report and Accounts for the year ended 31
December 2024 together with the Directors' Reports and the
Auditor's Report
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1,799,634,775
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99.23%
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13,883,754
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0.77%
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1,813,518,529
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73.84%
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3,553,925
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2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
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1,311,939,513
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72.29%
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502,912,633
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27.71%
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1,814,852,146
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73.90%
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2,222,529
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3. To elect Benoît Potier as a Director
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1,812,197,831
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99.87%
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2,397,611
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0.13%
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1,814,595,442
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73.89%
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250,686
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4. To elect Zoe Yujnovich as a Director
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1,811,330,368
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99.82%
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3,201,110
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0.18%
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1,814,531,478
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73.89%
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247,377
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5. To re-elect Fernando Fernandez as a Director
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1,812,853,767
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99.88%
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2,246,965
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0.12%
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1,815,100,732
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73.91%
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243,186
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6. To re-elect Adrian Hennah as a Director
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1,685,812,240
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92.91%
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128,701,746
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7.09%
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1,814,513,986
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73.88%
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367,357
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7. To re-elect Susan Kilsby as a Director
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1,808,866,372
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99.69%
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5,711,542
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0.31%
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1,814,577,914
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73.89%
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261,502
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8. To re-elect Ruby Lu as a Director
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1,803,637,884
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99.39%
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11,045,923
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0.61%
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1,814,683,807
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73.89%
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239,553
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9. To re-elect Judith McKenna as a Director
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1,806,431,561
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99.55%
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8,095,650
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0.45%
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1,814,527,211
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73.89%
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219,232
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10. To re-elect Ian Meakins as a Director
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1,710,039,826
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94.85%
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92,812,901
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5.15%
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1,802,852,727
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73.41%
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9,924,426
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11. To re-elect Nelson Peltz as a Director
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1,775,756,130
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98.03%
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35,682,557
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1.97%
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1,811,438,687
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73.76%
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2,113,671
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12. To reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditor of the Company
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1,717,243,698
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94.61%
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97,806,035
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5.39%
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1,815,049,733
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73.91%
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2,045,928
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13. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the
Auditor
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1,780,180,403
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98.07%
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34,995,837
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1.93%
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1,815,176,240
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73.91%
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1,917,710
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14. To authorise political donations and expenditure
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1,773,872,062
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98.10%
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34,267,088
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1.90%
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1,808,139,150
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73.63%
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8,956,374
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15. To renew the authority to Directors to allot
shares
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1,701,680,561
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94.07%
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107,219,254
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5.93%
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1,808,899,815
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73.66%
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8,195,045
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16. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption
rights
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1,772,649,686
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98.03%
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35,591,216
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1.97%
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1,808,240,902
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73.63%
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8,853,741
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17. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption
rights in connection with acquisitions or capital
investments
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1,771,903,554
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97.65%
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42,552,420
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2.35%
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1,814,455,974
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73.88%
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2,638,953
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18. To renew the authority to the Company to purchase its own
shares
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1,812,190,140
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99.86%
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2,599,242
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0.14%
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1,814,789,382
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73.90%
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2,305,546
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19. To shorten the notice period for General Meetings (other than
Annual General Meetings) to 14 clear days' notice
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1,707,233,520
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94.09%
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107,229,423
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5.91%
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1,814,462,943
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73.88%
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2,631,807
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Resolution 2: 2024 Directors' Remuneration Report
While the Board is pleased that all resolutions were supported by a
significant majority of shareholders, Resolution 2 was approved
with a 72.29% majority.
The Board has actively engaged with shareholders over the last year
in respect of a range of governance matters. That dialogue has
helped the Board to build a more detailed understanding of
shareholder views, and in turn, for shareholders to gather
additional context to support understanding of the Board's
decisions. In the months ahead, we will continue to engage and in
line with the UK Corporate Governance Code, Unilever will publish a
further statement detailing the outcome of those engagements,
including any actions taken as a result, within six months of
today's Annual General Meeting.
NOTES:
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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 29 April
2025 the total number of issued ordinary shares of Unilever
PLC was 2,524,997,338. Of those ordinary shares, 67,246,885 were
held as treasury shares and 1,884,648 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 30 April 2025, the total
number of Unilever PLC ordinary shares with exercisable voting
rights was 2,455,865,805.
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.
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.
30 April 2025
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