Diageo plc
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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