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Unilever Investors Reject Director Pay After Messy Year

  • Investors rebel in surprise advisory vote at annual meeting
  • New CEO Hein Schumacher starts in July, replacing Alan Jope

Unilever Plc headquarters in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Photographer: Peter Boer/Bloomberg
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Unilever Plc’s shareholders voted down the company’s 2022 remuneration report after a botched attempt to buy the consumer arm of drugmaker GSK Plc and years of lackluster share price performance.

Almost 60% of shareholders voted againstBloomberg Terminal Unilever’s pay report at its annual general meeting in a poll. Some 17% also voted against reelecting Nils Andersen as chairman.