Hindustan Unilever : Declaration of results of remote e-voting and e-voting at the AGM

As per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and also the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Company had provided the facility of remote e-voting and e-voting at the meeting of the Shareholders to enable them to cast their vote electronically on the resolutions proposed in the Notice of the 83rd Annual General Meeting (AGM). The remote e-voting was open from 26th June, 2016 to 29th June, 2016.

In line with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and in terms of the clarification issued by MCA, voting by Show of Hands was not permitted at the General Meeting where e-voting had been offered to the shareholders. Therefore, at the 83rd AGM, voting was conducted by means of remote e-voting and e-voting at the meeting.

The Board of Directors had appointed Mr. S. N. Ananthasubramanian, Practising Company Secretary as the Scrutinizer for remote e-voting and e-voting at the meeting. The Scrutinizer has carried out the scrutiny of all the electronic votes received up to the close of remote e-voting period on 29th June, 2016 and e-voting received till the conclusion of the meeting and submitted their Report on 30th June, 2016.

Based on the Report of the Scrutinizer, all Resolutions as set out in the Notice of 83rd Annual General Meeting have been duly approved by the Shareholders with requisite majority.