REG - Diageo PLC - Result of AGM

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20/09/2019 10:15

RNS Number : 1110N
Diageo PLC
20 September 2019
 


Diageo plc
LEI: 213800ZVIELEA55JMJ32
 
Result of Annual General Meeting
 
At the Annual General Meeting of Diageo plc held on Thursday, 19 September 2019, all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2019 were duly passed.
 
The results of the poll held at the AGM are as follows:
 




 


 


VOTES FOR


%


VOTES AGAINST


%


VOTES WITHHELD




1)   


Report and accounts 2019


1,751,080,621


99.82%


3,167,328


0.18%


6,446,855




2)   


Directors' remuneration report 2019


1,694,726,156


96.88%


54,505,285


3.12%


11,478,228




3)   


Declaration of final dividend


1,759,349,182


99.95%


885,756


0.05%


507,286




4)   


Election of D Crew as a director


1,750,285,859


99.45%


9,639,086


0.55%


760,166




5)   


Re-election of Lord Davies as a director


1,751,339,509


99.51%


8,614,590


0.49%


724,818




6)   


Re-election of J Ferrán as a director


1,751,857,528


99.54%


8,127,981


0.46%


698,754




7)   


Re-election of S Kilsby as a director


1,737,329,385


98.80%


21,124,739


1.20%


2,232,474




8)   


Re-election of H KwonPing as a director


1,557,452,435


88.66%


199,120,023


11.34%


4,109,840




9)   


Re-election of N Mendelsohn as a director


1,754,372,724


99.88%


2,169,235


0.12%


4,132,955




10)  


Re-election of I Menezes as a director


1,758,810,233


99.93%


1,206,397


0.07%


680,441




11)  


Re-election of K Mikells as a director


1,753,526,244


99.63%


6,424,283


0.37%


708,020




12)  


Re-election of A Stewart as a director


1,756,750,625


99.82%


3,226,244


0.18%


712,593




13)  


Re-appointment of auditor


1,758,293,787


99.89%


1,852,093


0.11%


553,554




14)  


Remuneration of auditor


1,755,796,779


99.81%


3,351,818


0.19%


642,441




15)  


Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political expenditure


1,709,874,147


97.65%


41,238,130


2.35%


8,705,966




16)  


Authority to allot shares


1,727,277,967


98.22%


31,361,516


1.78%


1,146,539




17)  


Approval of the Irish Sharesave Scheme


1,743,406,158


99.20%


14,083,443


0.80%


2,262,911




18)  


Disapplication of pre-emption rights


1,749,753,190


99.55%


7,983,575


0.45%


2,000,071




19)  


Authority to purchase own shares


1,732,891,809


98.59%


24,761,775


1.41%


2,133,922




20)  


Reduced notice of general meeting other than an AGM


1,631,406,327


93.18%


119,328,898


6.82%


9,026,372




21)  


Approval and adoption of new articles of association


1,755,052,456


99.82%


3,103,133


0.18%


1,572,402




 
 
On 17 September 2019, there were 2,363,532,692 ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) in issue.
 
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
 
 
James Edmunds
Deputy Company Secretary

 
20 September 2019
 




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