London, 1 May 2024

UNILEVER PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Unilever PLC shareholders today approved each of the resolutions put to the 2024 Annual General Meeting. Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 18 to 22 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:

Fernando Fernandez, Adrian Hennah, Andrea Jung, Susan Kilsby, Ruby Lu, Judith McKenna, Ian Meakins, Nelson Peltz and Hein Schumacher.

POLL RESULTS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 1 MAY 2024

% OF

SHARE

TOTAL

CAPITAL

TOTAL

TOTAL

VALIDLY

VOTES

%

VOTES

%

VOTES FOR

VOTES CAST

CAST

WITHHELD

AGAINST

VOTED FOR

AND

AGAINST

1. To receive

the Reports

and Accounts

1,800,729,225

99.45%

9,966,995

0.55%

1,810,696,220

72.35%

3,481,866

for the year

ended 31

December

2023

2. To approve

the Directors'

1,774,251,126

97.96%

36,962,423

2.04%

1,811,213,549

72.37%

2,966,904

Remuneration

Report

3. To approve

the Directors'

1,769,512,007

97.69%

41,749,811

2.31%

1,811,261,818

72.37%

2,918,626

Remuneration

Policy

4.To approve

the Climate

1,659,769,519

97.59%

41,001,833

2.41%

1,700,771,352

67.96%

113,395,016

Transition

Action Plan

5. To elect

Fernando

1,808,673,411

99.77%

4,108,371

0.23%

1,812,781,782

72.43%

1,395,610

Fernandez as

a Director

6. To re-elect

1,705,872,213

94.16%

105,743,176

5.84%

1,811,615,389

72.39%

2,564,082

Adrian Hennah

as a Director

7. To re-elect

1,779,071,833

98.21%

32,469,478

1.79%

1,811,541,311

72.38%

2,632,754

Andrea Jung

as a Director

8. To re-elect

1,806,649,018

99.67%

5,980,303

0.33%

1,812,629,321

72.43%

1,550,150

Susan Kilsby

as a Director

9. To re-elect

Ruby Lu as a

1,793,283,012

99.43%

10,242,062

0.57%

1,803,525,074

72.06%

10,654,268

Director

10. To elect

1,785,432,531

98.61%

25,251,509

1.39%

1,810,684,040

72.35%

3,496,208

Ian Meakins

as a Director

11. To elect

Judith

1,810,541,577

99.89%

2,053,978

0.11%

1,812,595,555

72.43%

1,583,827

McKenna as a

Director

12. To re-elect

Nelson Peltz

1,786,458,851

98.55%

26,257,254

1.45%

1,812,716,105

72.43%

1,463,200

as a Director

13. To re-elect

Hein

1,808,470,703

99.76%

4,348,673

0.24%

1,812,819,376

72.44%

1,358,500

Schumacher

as a Director

14. To

reappoint

KPMG LLP as

1,791,600,664

98.88%

20,211,645

1.12%

1,811,812,309

72.40%

2,367,156

Auditors of the

Company

15. To

authorise the

Directors to fix

1,809,554,441

99.88%

2,238,563

0.12%

1,811,793,004

72.39%

2,385,562

the

remuneration

of the Auditor

16. To

authorise

1,774,391,901

98.34%

29,900,923

1.66%

1,804,292,824

72.10%

9,887,318

Political

Donations and

expenditure

17. To

authorise the

1,740,915,807

96.04%

71,823,507

3.96%

1,812,739,314

72.43%

1,441,372

Directors to

allot shares

18. To

authorise the

1,784,960,145

98.50%

27,178,616

1.50%

1,812,138,761

72.41%

2,040,710

Directors to

disapply pre-

emption rights

19. To

authorise the

Directors to

disapply pre-

1,782,126,412

98.33%

30,191,118

1.67%

1,812,317,530

72.42%

1,861,941

emption rights

for the

purposes of

acquisitions or

capital

investments

20. To

authorise the

1,809,085,300

99.81%

3,404,753

0.19%

1,812,490,053

72.42%

1,690,633

Company to

purchase its

own shares

21. To

authorise the

Directors to

call General

1,699,190,110

93.75%

113,185,068

6.25%

1,812,375,178

72.42%

1,803,565

Meetings

(other than an

AGM) on 14

clear days'

notice

22. Adoption

of new Articles

1,809,436,070

99.92%

1,486,543

0.08%

1,810,922,613

72.36%

3,255,671

of Association.

NOTES:

  • The 'For' vote includes votes given at the Chairman's discretion and details of proxy votes cast are included in the table above.
  • As at close of business on 30 April 2024 the total number of issued ordinary shares of Unilever PLC was 2,521,497,338. Of those ordinary shares, 16,181,572 were held as treasury shares and 2,665,283 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 1 May 2024, the total number of Unilever PLC ordinary shares with exercisable voting rights was 2,502,650,483.

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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 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

1 May 2024

Cautionary Statement:

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Because these forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, a number of which may be beyond the Group's control, 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 from the forward-looking statements expressed in this announcement are: Unilever's ability to successfully separate the Ice Cream business and realise the anticipated benefits of the separation; Unilever's ability to successfully execute and consummate its productivity programme in line with expected costs to achieve expected savings; Unilever's global brands not meeting consumer preferences; Unilever's ability to innovate and remain competitive; Unilever's investment choices in its portfolio management; the effect of climate change on Unilever's business; Unilever's ability to find sustainable solutions to its plastic packaging; significant changes or deterioration in customer relationships; the recruitment and retention of talented employees; disruptions in Unilever's supply chain and distribution; increases or volatility in the cost of raw materials and commodities; the production of safe and high quality products; secure and reliable IT infrastructure; execution of acquisitions, divestitures and business transformation projects; economic, social and political risks and natural disasters; financial risks; failure to meet high and ethical standards; and managing regulatory, tax and legal matters.

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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 2023 and the Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2023.

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