Result of Annual General Meeting

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At the AGM on 5 November 2026 Diageo passed all resolutions; 2,227,591,734 ordinary shares were in issue and approximately 1,771,851,350 votes were cast (≈79.6% turnout). The declaration of a final dividend was approved with 99.91% FOR and authority to purchase own ordinary shares (share buyback) was approved with 99.83% FOR. Authority to allot shares passed with 93.16% FOR (6.84% AGAINST) and additional disapplication of pre-emption rights passed with 90.80% FOR (9.20% AGAINST), signalling limited investor dissent on potential dilution while shareholder-return measures were strongly supported.

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	*Special Resolutions	VOTES FOR	% FOR	VOTES AGAINST	% AGAINST	VOTES WITHHELD	ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED
1)	Report and accounts 2026	1,757,351,648	99.18	14,499,702	0.82	7,840,206.00	1,771,851,350
2)	Directors' remuneration report 2026	1,742,072,493	97.92	36,986,700	2.08	883,013.00	1,779,059,193
3)	Directors' remuneration policy	1,714,803,894	96.57	60,948,858	3.43	4,197,022.00	1,775,752,752
4)	Declaration of final dividend	1,777,567,713	99.91	1,568,116	0.09	556,413.00	1,779,135,829
5)	Appointment of Sir Dave Lewis as a director	1,768,844,901	99.43	10,174,311	0.57	618,326.00	1,779,019,212
6)	Appointment of R. Alexandra ('Alex') Keith as a director	1,775,012,235	99.79	3,692,686	0.21	937,945.00	1,778,704,921
7)	Re-appointment of Melissa Bethell as a director	1,771,870,667	99.62	6,821,466	0.38	965,677.00	1,778,692,133
8)	Re-appointment of Karen Blackett as a director	1,773,083,366	99.68	5,629,751	0.32	940,801.00	1,778,713,117
9)	Re-appointment of Julie Brown as a director	1,774,010,960	99.74	4,568,305	0.26	946,825.00	1,778,579,265
10)	Re-appointment of Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet as a director	1,772,980,481	99.68	5,695,588	0.32	975,613.00	1,778,676,069
11)	Re-appointment of Nik Jhangiani as a director	1,763,630,741	99.21	14,106,923	0.79	1,851,690.00	1,777,737,664
12)	Re-appointment of Susan Kilsby as a director	1,734,217,995	97.50	44,443,786	2.50	947,829.00	1,778,661,781
13)	Re-appointment of Sir John Manzoni as a director	1,700,983,724	95.63	77,739,834	4.37	866,620.00	1,778,723,558
14)	Re-appointment of John Rishton as a director	1,776,148,013	99.86	2,492,192	0.14	951,137.00	1,778,640,205
15)	Re-appointment of Ireena Vittal as a director	1,765,468,759	99.26	13,178,889	0.74	942,506.00	1,778,647,648
16)	Re-appointment of Auditor	1,704,007,223	95.78	75,035,807	4.22	632,884.00	1,779,043,030
17)	Remuneration of Auditor	1,755,418,240	98.66	23,761,850	1.34	605,516.00	1,779,180,090
18)	Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political expenditure	1,715,928,643	96.89	55,053,490	3.11	8,703,577.00	1,770,982,133
19)	Authority to allot shares	1,657,239,610	93.16	121,583,913	6.84	824,887.00	1,778,823,523
20)	Amendment of the Diageo 2023 Long Term Incentive Plan	1,716,829,209	96.53	61,759,532	3.47	1,099,477.00	1,778,588,741
21)	Disapplication of pre-emption rights*	1,688,777,821	95.18	85,589,771	4.82	5,303,058.00	1,774,367,592
22)	Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights*	1,614,563,623	90.80	163,609,260	9.20	1,500,851.00	1,778,172,883
23)	Authority to purchase own ordinary shares*	1,773,824,101	99.83	3,102,158	0.17	2,545,759.00	1,776,926,259
24)	Adoption of new articles of association*	1,760,341,256	98.99	17,963,821	1.01	1,166,533.00	1,778,305,077
25)	Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an AGM*	1,696,070,489	95.36	82,444,071	4.64	934,578.00	1,778,514,560

Result of Annual General Meeting

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