Result of AGM

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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