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RNS Number : 1719C

Diageo PLC

07 October 2022

Diageo plc

LEI: 213800ZVIELEA55JMJ32

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of Diageo plc held on Thursday, 6 October 2022 (the "AGM"), all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2022 (the "Notice") were passed.

The results of the poll held at the AGM are as follows:

 
                                     VOTES FOR       % FOR   VOTES AGAINST   % AGAINST   VOTES WITHHELD 
       Report and accounts 
 1)     2022                         1,722,433,481   99.92   1,383,479       0.08        5,104,461 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Directors' remuneration 
 2)     report 2022                  1,612,245,424   94.79   88,630,650      5.21        28,285,201 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Declaration of 
 3)     final dividend               1,727,049,733   99.93   1,197,584       0.07        888,536 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Appointment of 
        Karen Blackett 
 4)     as a director                1,718,998,448   99.91   1,553,193       0.09        8,491,512 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
        of Melissa Bethell 
 5)     as a director                1,726,121,558   99.89   1,973,238       0.11        959,729 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
        of Lavanya Chandrashekar 
 6)     as a director                1,724,788,455   99.83   2,926,038       0.17        1,344,624 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
        of 
        Valerie Chapoulaud-Floquet 
 7)     as a director                1,725,297,914   99.84   2,738,656       0.16        954,467 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
        of Javier Ferran 
 8)     as a director                1,712,858,169   99.16   14,451,564      0.84        1,720,132 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
        of Susan Kilsby 
 9)     as a director                1,707,310,119   99.36   10,956,962      0.64        10,759,564 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
        of Sir John Manzoni 
 10)    as a director                1,725,411,579   99.84   2,687,319       0.16        962,703 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
        of Lady Mendelsohn 
 11)    as a director                1,725,441,023   99.85   2,676,528       0.15        960,834 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
        of Ivan Menezes 
 12)    as a director                1,727,448,317   99.96   644,965         0.04        956,015 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
        of Alan Stewart 
 13)    as a director                1,726,140,599   99.89   1,917,274       0.11        961,448 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
        of Ireena Vittal 
 14)    as a director                1,405,068,323   89.00   173,708,201     11.00       150,424,167 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
 15)    of auditor                   1,719,491,894   99.48   8,963,090       0.52        832,061 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Remuneration of 
 16)    auditor                      1,726,886,165   99.91   1,490,964       0.09        915,472 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Authority to make 
        political donations 
        and/or to incur 
 17)    political expenditure        1,685,596,194   97.53   42,653,986      2.47        1,123,365 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Amendment of the 
        Diageo plc 2017 
        Irish Share Ownership 
 18)    Plan                         1,713,097,301   99.27   12,647,467      0.73        3,572,396 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Authority to allot 
 19)    shares                       1,678,952,161   97.16   49,009,542      2.84        1,363,589 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Disapplication 
        of pre-emption 
 20)    rights*                      1,712,331,105   99.13   15,101,933      0.87        5,406,387 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Authority to purchase 
 21)    own ordinary shares*         1,710,880,358   99.03   16,693,265      0.97        1,736,182 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Reduced notice 
        of a general meeting 
        other than an 
 22)    AGM*                         1,612,899,966   93.35   114,906,837     6.65        1,444,973 
      ----------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
 

On 04 October 2022, there were 2,277,881,111 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

7 October 2022

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