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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 May 4, 2022
 
Commission File Number: 001-04546
 
UNILEVER PLC
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
 
UNILEVER HOUSE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON, ENGLAND
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
 
Form 20-F..X.. Form 40-F 
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper
as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):_____
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper
as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):_____
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
Yes   No .X..
 
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- _______
 
  
Exhibit 99 attached hereto is incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
 
 
 
Signatures
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
UNILEVER PLC
 
 
 
/S/  M VARSELLONA
BY   M VARSELLONA
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND GROUP SECRETARY
 
 
 
Date: 04 May, 2022
 
 
 
 
                                         EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT NUMBER
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
99
Notice to London Stock Exchange dated 04 May 2022
 
Result of AGM
 
 
Exhibit 99
 
 
 
UNILEVER PLC
 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
 
ALL RESOLUTIONS APPROVED
 
 
Unilever PLC shareholders today approved all resolutions put to the 2022 Annual General Meeting. 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:
Nils Andersen, Judith Hartmann, Adrian Hennah, Alan Jope, Andrea Jung, Susan Kilsby, Ruby Lu, Strive Masiyiwa, Youngme Moon, Graeme Pitkethly and Feike Sijbesma.
 
 
POLL RESULTS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 4 MAY 2022
 
 
 
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 2021
     1,784,771,403
99.95%
        845,727
0.05%
  1,785,617,130
69.87%
     5,690,097
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
     1,653,105,110
92.52%
 133,616,656
7.48%
  1,786,721,766
69.91%
     4,585,321
3. To re-elect Mr N Andersen as a Non-Executive Director
     1,650,208,767
92.24%
 138,827,869
7.76%
  1,789,036,636
70.00%
     2,267,306
4. To re-elect Dr J Hartmann as a Non-Executive Director
     1,774,485,487
99.19%
   14,499,168
0.81%
  1,788,984,655
70.00%
     2,321,354
5. To re-elect Mr A Jope as an Executive Director
     1,724,961,069
96.39%
   64,568,113
3.61%
  1,789,529,182
70.02%
     1,778,490
6. To re-elect Ms A Jung as a Non-Executive Director
     1,698,883,917
94.96%
   90,190,281
5.04%
  1,789,074,198
70.00%
     2,231,810
7. To re-elect Ms S Kilsby as a Non-Executive Director
     1,774,007,079
99.16%
   15,061,832
0.84%
  1,789,068,911
70.00%
     2,237,098
8. To re-elect Mr S Masiyiwa as a Non-Executive Director
     1,769,253,409
98.90%
   19,723,543
1.10%
  1,788,976,952
70.00%
     2,329,056
9. To re-elect Professor Y Moon as a Non-Executive Director
     1,770,316,797
98.96%
   18,660,776
1.04%
  1,788,977,573
70.00%
     2,328,435
10. To re-elect Mr G Pitkethly as an Executive Director
     1,723,474,854
96.34%
   65,559,756
3.66%
  1,789,034,610
70.00%
     2,252,435
11. To re-elect Mr F Sijbesma as a Non-Executive Director
     1,769,656,458
98.92%
   19,339,706
1.08%
  1,788,996,164
70.00%
     2,309,845
12. To elect Mr A Hennah as a Non-Executive Director
     1,767,022,039
98.77%
   21,955,381
1.23%
  1,788,977,420
70.00%
     2,328,588
13. To elect Mrs R Lu as a Non-Executive Director
     1,777,112,750
99.34%
   11,895,279
0.66%
  1,789,008,029
70.00%
     2,297,929
14. To reappoint KPMG LLP as Auditors of the Company
     1,771,210,928
99.05%
   16,997,442
0.95%
  1,788,208,370
69.97%
     3,093,363
15. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditor
     1,778,622,006
99.42%
   10,297,215
0.58%
  1,788,919,221
70.00%
     2,384,951
16. To authorise Political Donations and expenditure
     1,742,197,236
97.98%
   35,890,771
2.02%
  1,778,088,007
69.57%
   13,188,421
17. To renew the authority to Directors to issue shares
     1,689,544,033
94.43%
   99,633,679
5.57%
  1,789,177,712
70.01%
     2,130,961
18. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption rights
     1,756,444,950
98.28%
   30,741,777
1.72%
  1,787,186,727
69.93%
     4,114,524
19. To renew the authority to Directors to disapply pre-emption rights for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments
     1,734,740,008
97.05%
   52,806,643
2.95%
  1,787,546,651
69.94%
     3,762,073
20. To renew the authority to the Company to purchase its own shares
     1,768,051,750
98.90%
   19,745,781
1.10%
  1,787,797,531
69.95%
     3,507,271
21. To shorten the notice period for General Meetings
     1,617,343,217
91.97%
 141,172,318
8.03%
  1,758,515,535
68.81%
   31,733,892
 
 
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 2.30pm on 2 May 2022 the total number of issued ordinary shares of Unilever PLC was 2,629,243,772. Of those ordinary shares, 70,256,699 were held as treasury shares and 3,305,603 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 2.30pm on 2 May 2022, the total number of Unilever PLC ordinary shares with exercisable voting rights was 2,555,681,470.
 
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
 
 
 
4 May 2022
 
 
 
Safe Harbour:
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, including 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as 'will', 'aim', 'expects', 'anticipates', 'intends', 'looks', 'believes', 'vision', or the negative of these terms and other similar expressions of future performance or results, and their negatives, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
 
These forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and assumptions regarding anticipated developments and other factors affecting the Unilever Group (the 'Group'). They are not historical facts, nor are they guarantees of future performance or outcomes. Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this announcement. Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the Group expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Group's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
 
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 2021 and the Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2021 available on our corporate website www.unilever.com.