Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5518B

Diageo PLC

21 September 2018

 

Diageo plc

LEI: 213800ZVIELEA55JMJ32

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of Diageo plc held on Thursday, 20 September 2018, all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2018 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 2018	1,921,702,371	99.26	14,340,943	0.74	15,977,824
2)	Directors' remuneration report 2018	1,873,234,182	96.54	67,057,068	3.46	11,728,553
3)	Declaration of final dividend	1,950,731,576	99.97	532,970	0.03	756,593
4)	Election of SS Kilsby as a director	1,896,667,650	99.23	14,647,558	0.77	40,705,932
5)	Re-election of Lord Davies as a director	1,927,087,124	98.79	23,515,072	1.21	1,418,548
6)	Re-election of J Ferrán as a director	1,937,094,077	99.29	13,936,984	0.71	988,749
7)	Re-election of Ho KwonPing as a director	1,787,202,926	92.41	146,729,564	7.59	18,088,649
8)	Re-election of NS Mendelsohn as a director	1,931,185,325	98.98	19,835,169	1.02	1,000,646
9)	Re-election of IM Menezes as a director	1,943,554,110	99.62	7,471,547	0.38	995,484
10)	Re-election of KA Mikells as a director	1,924,991,302	98.67	26,043,758	1.33	986,081
11)	Re-election of AJH Stewart as a director	1,929,694,565	99.53	9,087,155	0.47	13,239,024
12)	Re-appointment of auditor	1,946,977,057	99.78	4,326,823	0.22	717,261
13)	Remuneration of auditor	1,944,541,028	99.66	6,627,374	0.34	852,738
14)	Authority to make political donations and/or incur political expenditure	1,889,327,460	97.26	53,152,373	2.74	9,541,307
15)	Authority to allot shares	1,929,486,704	98.91	21,177,808	1.09	1,356,243
16)	Disapplication of pre-emption rights	1,943,050,599	99.64	6,950,565	0.36	2,015,451
17)	Authority to purchase own shares	1,928,899,479	98.96	20,318,136	1.04	2,802,790
18)	Adoption of new articles of association	1,920,473,056	98.95	20,463,096	1.05	11,084,589
19)	Notice of a general meeting	1,816,091,673	93.46	127,123,986	6.54	8,805,083

On 18 September 2018, there were 2,452,638,109 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
 

21 September 2018

 

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