Result of AGM

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

1) 

Report and accounts 2022

1,722,433,481

99.92

1,383,479

0.08

5,104,461

2) 

Directors' remuneration report 2022

1,612,245,424

94.79

88,630,650

5.21

28,285,201

3) 

Declaration of final dividend

1,727,049,733

99.93

1,197,584

0.07

888,536

4) 

Appointment of Karen Blackett as a director

1,718,998,448

99.91

1,553,193

0.09

8,491,512

5) 

Re-appointment of Melissa Bethell as a director

1,726,121,558

99.89

1,973,238

0.11

959,729

6) 

Re-appointment of Lavanya Chandrashekar as a director

1,724,788,455

99.83

2,926,038

0.17

1,344,624

7) 

Re-appointment of

Valerie Chapoulaud-Floquet as a director

1,725,297,914

99.84

2,738,656

0.16

954,467

8) 

Re-appointment of Javier Ferran as a director

1,712,858,169

99.16

14,451,564

0.84

1,720,132

9) 

Re-appointment of Susan Kilsby as a director

1,707,310,119

99.36

10,956,962

0.64

10,759,564

10) 

Re-appointment of Sir John Manzoni as a director

1,725,411,579

99.84

2,687,319

0.16

962,703

11) 

Re-appointment of Lady Mendelsohn as a director

1,725,441,023

99.85

2,676,528

0.15

960,834

12) 

Re-appointment of Ivan Menezes as a director

1,727,448,317

99.96

644,965

0.04

956,015

13) 

Re-appointment of Alan Stewart as a director

1,726,140,599

99.89

1,917,274

0.11

961,448

14) 

Re-appointment of Ireena Vittal as a director

1,405,068,323

89.00

173,708,201

11.00

150,424,167

15) 

Re-appointment of auditor

1,719,491,894

99.48

8,963,090

0.52

832,061

16) 

Remuneration of auditor

1,726,886,165

99.91

1,490,964

0.09

915,472

17) 

Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political expenditure

1,685,596,194

97.53

42,653,986

2.47

1,123,365

18) 

Amendment of the Diageo plc 2017 Irish Share Ownership Plan

1,713,097,301

99.27

12,647,467

0.73

3,572,396

19) 

Authority to allot shares

1,678,952,161

97.16

49,009,542

2.84

1,363,589

20) 

Disapplication of pre-emption rights*

1,712,331,105

99.13

15,101,933

0.87

5,406,387

21) 

Authority to purchase own ordinary shares*

1,710,880,358

99.03

16,693,265

0.97

1,736,182

22) 

Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an 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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