AGM re-elections and Committee memberships

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Unilever PLC
28 February 2012
 



28 February 2012

 

Annual General Meeting re-elections and Committee memberships

 

Unilever requires all Directors to offer themselves for re-election at the Annual General Meetings each year. Unilever today announces that the following Directors will therefore be offering themselves for re-election at the 2012 AGMs to be held on 9 May, 2012: Louise Fresco, Ann Fudge, Charles Golden, Byron Grote, Jean-Marc Huët, Sunil B Mittal, Hixonia Nyasulu, Paul Polman, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Kees Storm, Michael Treschow and Paul Walsh.

Unilever also announces that Bryon Grote will become chairman of the Audit Committee on 29 February 2012.  Kees Storm will continue to be a member of the Audit Committee.

Paul Walsh will continue to chair both the Nomination and Remuneration Committees, and Sir Malcolm Rifkind will continue to chair the Corporate Responsibility and Reputation Committee.

 

 

Unilever 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 'expects', 'anticipates', 'intends', 'believes' 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 Group. They are not historical facts, nor are they guarantees of future performance. Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including, among others, competitive pricing and activities, economic slowdown, industry consolidation, access to credit markets, recruitment levels, reputational risks, commodity prices, continued availability of raw materials, prioritisation of projects, consumption levels, costs, the ability to maintain and manage key customer relationships and supply chain sources, consumer demands, currency values, interest rates, the ability to integrate acquisitions and complete planned divestitures, the ability to complete planned restructuring activities, physical risks, environmental risks, the ability to manage regulatory, tax and legal matters and resolve pending matters within current estimates, legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments, political, economic and social conditions in the geographic markets where the Group operates and new or changed priorities of the Boards. 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 the Group's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2010. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document. 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.

 

 


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