Result of AGM

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.

James Edmunds
Deputy Company Secretary
27 September 2024

 

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