REG - Diageo PLC - Result of AGM

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01/10/2021 11:30

RNS Number : 7496N
  
Diageo PLC
  
01 October 2021
  
 

Diageo plc

LEI: 213800ZVIELEA55JMJ32
Result of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of Diageo plc held on Thursday, 30 September 2021 (the "AGM"), all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021 (the "Notice") were passed.
The results of the poll held at the AGM are as follows:



 


 


VOTES FOR


% FOR


VOTES AGAINST


% AGAINST


VOTES WITHHELD




1)    


Report and accounts 2021


1,744,473,475


99.81


3,272,009


0.19


5,683,139




2)    


Directors' remuneration report 2021


1,661,293,734


96.04


68,483,076


3.96


23,650,135




3)    


Declaration of final dividend


1,749,775,174


99.82


3,194,816


0.18


434,525




4)    


Election of Lavanya Chandrashekar as a director


1,749,008,414


99.79


3,672,609


0.21


648,938




5)    


Election of Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet as a director


1,749,671,363


99.90


1,775,357


0.10


1,879,449




6)    


Election of Sir John Manzoni as a director


1,749,494,008


99.89


1,902,528


0.11


1,912,261




7)    


Election of Ireena Vittal as a director


1,491,809,494


93.04


111,615,760


6.96


149,882,366




8)    


Re-election of Melissa Bethell as a director


1,746,853,982


99.74


4,587,190


0.26


1,866,405




9)    


Re-election of Javier Ferràn as a director


1,742,259,593


99.48


9,157,035


0.52


1,877,409




10)   


Re-election of Susan Kilsby as a director


1,666,851,846


95.17


84,525,765


4.83


1,879,485




11)   


Re-election of Lady Mendelsohn as a director


1,749,495,412


99.89


1,887,429


0.11


1,893,536




12)   


Re-election of Ivan Menezes as a director


1,751,542,776


99.95


892,147


0.05


645,104




13)   


Re-election of Alan Stewart as a director


1,749,646,201


99.90


1,728,328


0.10


1,882,052




14)   


Re-appointment of auditor


1,742,879,604


99.43


9,956,533


0.57


530,634




15)   


Remuneration of auditor


1,750,303,428


99.86


2,409,690


0.14


591,966




16)   


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


1,680,953,677


97.34


45,979,318


2.66


26,519,144




17)   


Authority to allot shares


1,663,055,573


96.83


54,522,624


3.17


35,767,516




18)   


Disapplication of pre-emption rights


1,685,837,432


98.39


27,667,078


1.61


39,788,572




19)   


Authority to purchase own ordinary shares


1,725,162,526


98.62


24,071,769


1.38


4,129,263




20)   


Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an AGM


1,581,026,394


91.47


147,380,203


8.53


24,964,149



 
On 28 September 2021, there were 2,332,333,633 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: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
 
 
 
James Edmunds

Deputy Company Secretary

1 October 2021
 
 
 

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