REG - Diageo PLC - Result of AGM

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27/09/2024 13:00

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RNS Number : 0638G  Diageo PLC  27 September 2024

Diageo plc
LEI: 213800ZVIELEA55JMJ32

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of Diageo plc held on Thursday, 26 September
2024 (the "AGM"), all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General
Meeting 2024 (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 2024                                                     1,730,931,508  99.96  705,282        0.04       7,789,052
 2)            Directors' remuneration report 2024                                          1,652,770,668  96.11  66,983,213     3.89       19,727,804
 3)            Declaration of final dividend                                                1,738,257,368  99.96  750,094        0.04       419,232
 4)            Appointment of Julie Brown as a director                                     1,736,947,488  99.90  1,770,868      0.10       665,994
 5)            Appointment of Nik Jhangiani as a director                                   1,735,736,572  99.83  2,904,612      0.17       718,934
 6)            Re-appointment of Melissa Bethell as a director                              1,733,472,126  99.86  2,427,431      0.14       3,381,169
 7)            Re-appointment of Karen Blackett as a director                               1,733,459,179  99.85  2,539,730      0.15       3,373,885
 8)            Re-appointment of Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet as a director                   1,732,875,160  99.82  3,091,404      0.18       3,386,723
 9)            Re-appointment of Debra Crew as a director                                   1,737,206,836  99.92  1,413,253      0.08       746,518
 10)           Re-appointment of Javier Ferrán as a director                                1,721,676,813  99.42  10,109,654     0.58       7,562,844
 11)           Re-appointment of Susan Kilsby as a director                                 1,727,230,743  99.50  8,756,036      0.50       3,360,132
 12)           Re-appointment of Sir John Manzoni as a director                             1,736,704,057  99.88  2,002,969      0.12       649,965
 13)           Re-appointment of Ireena Vittal as a director                                1,559,141,103  89.81  176,853,361    10.19      3,372,511
 14)           Re-appointment of Auditor                                                    1,730,483,955  99.51  8,446,856      0.49       512,207

 15)           Remuneration of Auditor                                                      1,735,346,376  99.80  3,494,670      0.20       583,552
 16)           Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political expenditure  1,696,943,654  98.05  33,737,211     1.95       8,829,565
 17)           Authority to allot shares                                                    1,668,947,204  95.99  69,652,756     4.01       852,654
 18)           Disapplication of pre-emption rights*                                        1,692,098,713  97.56  42,341,793     2.44       5,006,019
 19)           Authority to purchase own ordinary shares*                                   1,728,435,535  99.47  9,186,355      0.53       1,794,893
 20)           Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an AGM*                       1,650,471,013  95.00  86,877,522     5.00       2,091,388

 

On 26 September 2024, there were 2,225,088,636 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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

 

James Edmunds

Deputy Company Secretary

27 September 2024

 

 

 

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