Avon Announces Results Of Annual Meeting Of Shareholders

LONDON, May 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Avon Products, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: AVP), a globally recognized leader in direct selling of beauty and related products, today announced that shareholders voted in line with the Board of Directors' recommendations on all proposals and re-elected all director nominees at today's 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Chan W. Galbato, Non-Executive Chairman of the Avon Board of Directors, stated, "On behalf of the entire Avon Products Board of Directors, we would like to thank the Avon shareholders for the strong support of our directors, proposals and the initiatives underway at the Company to improve results for all stakeholders. Our Board and management team, under Sheri McCoy'sleadership, are committed to the turnaround of Avon's business and are continuing to execute on a strategic plan to create consistent, sustainable and profitable growth."

The Company, today, filed the voting results with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission on a Form 8-K.

About Avon Products, Inc.

Avon is the Company that for 130 years has proudly stood for beauty, innovation, optimism and, above all, for women. Avon products include well-recognized and beloved brands such as ANEW, Avon Color, Avon Care, Skin-So-Soft, and Advance Techniques sold through approximately 6 million active independent Avon Sales Representatives. Learn more about Avon and its products at www.avoncompany.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this release contains forward-looking statements that are not historical facts or information may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "estimate," "project," "forecast," "plan," "believe," "may," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "planned," "potential," "can," "expectation," "could," "will," "would" and similar expressions, or the negative of those expressions, may identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's reasonable current assumptions, expectations, plans and forecasts regarding the Company's and the Issuer's current or future results and future business and economic conditions more generally. Such forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievement of the Company or the Issuer to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, and there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from management's expectations. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements.

Additional information identifying such factors is contained in Item 1A of Avon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, Avon's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, and other reports and documents that Avon files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Avon undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

All forward-looking statements contained in this release are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are or were made, and Avon does not intend to update or otherwise revise the forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.  

Contacts:

MEDIA:
Brunswick Group
Mathilde Milch
(212) 333-3810

SOURCE Avon Products, Inc.