Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5788K

Diageo PLC

22 September 2016

 

TO:	Regulatory Information Service
RE:	CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPHS 9.6.3(1) and 9.6.18 OF THE LISTING RULES

 Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:

1.   in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3 (1), copies of the resolutions (other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business) passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held on 21 September 2016 have been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

2.   voting on the resolutions put to the Company's AGM was as follows (all the resolutions were passed):

RESOLUTION	VOTES FOR	%*	VOTES AGAINST	%*	VOTES WITHELD
1) Report and Accounts	1,923,101,205	99.71	5,625,466	0.29	21,246,395
2) Directors' Remuneration Report	1,847,226,415	94.82	100,963,321	5.18	1,783,328
3) Final Dividend	1,948,845,491	99.98	322,844	0.02	804,731
4) Re-election of PB Bruzelius	1,934,006,300	99.45	10,683,091	0.55	5,283,174
5) Re-election of Lord Davies	1,934,831,150	99.49	9,858,576	0.51	5,282,839
6) Re-election of Ho KwonPing	1,757,416,495	91.57	161,893,045	8.43	30,663,022
7) Re-election of BD Holden	1,940,846,662	99.59	8,080,999	0.41	1,044,904
8) Re-election of Dr FB Humer	1,908,164,211	98.65	26,037,168	1.35	15,771,186
9) Re-election of NS Mendelsohn	1,923,225,868	99.30	13,616,275	0.70	13,130,422
10) Re-election of IM Menezes	1,947,944,432	99.95	979,594	0.05	1,048,540
11) Re-election of PG Scott	1,939,828,125	99.54	9,061,215	0.46	1,083,225
12) Re-election of AJH Stewart	1,926,580,528	99.47	10,277,651	0.53	13,114,386
13) Election of J Ferrán	1,938,175,973	99.45	10,666,056	0.55	1,130,537
14) Election of KA Mikells	1,946,080,107	99.86	2,795,519	0.14	1,096,939
15) Election of EN Walmsley***	-	-	-	-	-
16) Re-appointment of Auditor	1,945,591,463	99.82	3,570,418	0.18	811,050
17) Remuneration of auditor	1,944,225,526	99.76	4,627,412	0.24	1,120,128
18) Authority to allot shares	1,912,660,305	98.16	35,765,952	1.84	1,546,780
19) Disapplication of pre-emption rights	1,933,853,877	99.28	13,972,491	0.72	2,146,698
20) Authority to purchase own ordinary shares	1,924,604,689	98.76	24,173,573	1.24	1,194,804
21) Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political  expenditure in the EU**	1,876,158,573	96.52	67,600,256	3.48	6,214,236

J Guttridge

Company Secretarial Assistant

22 September 2016

Notes

*As a percentage of the aggregate of votes For plus votes Against (excluding votes Withheld).

**Resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business.

*** Resolution 15 was withdrawn with the consent of the meeting as Ms Walmsley indicated that she wished to stand down from the board.

 

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