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RNS Number : 7496N

Diageo PLC

01 October 2021

Diageo plc

LEI: 213800ZVIELEA55JMJ32

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of Diageo plc held on Thursday, 30 September 2021 (the "AGM"), all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021 (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)     2021                      1,744,473,475   99.81   3,272,009       0.19        5,683,139 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Directors' remuneration 
 2)     report 2021               1,661,293,734   96.04   68,483,076      3.96        23,650,135 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Declaration of 
 3)     final dividend            1,749,775,174   99.82   3,194,816       0.18        434,525 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Election of Lavanya 
        Chandrashekar 
 4)     as a director             1,749,008,414   99.79   3,672,609       0.21        648,938 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Election of Valérie 
        Chapoulaud-Floquet 
 5)     as a director             1,749,671,363   99.90   1,775,357       0.10        1,879,449 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Election of Sir 
        John Manzoni as 
 6)     a director                1,749,494,008   99.89   1,902,528       0.11        1,912,261 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Election of Ireena 
 7)     Vittal as a director      1,491,809,494   93.04   111,615,760     6.96        149,882,366 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        Melissa Bethell 
 8)     as a director             1,746,853,982   99.74   4,587,190       0.26        1,866,405 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        Javier Ferràn 
 9)     as a director             1,742,259,593   99.48   9,157,035       0.52        1,877,409 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        Susan Kilsby as 
 10)    a director                1,666,851,846   95.17   84,525,765      4.83        1,879,485 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        Lady Mendelsohn 
 11)    as a director             1,749,495,412   99.89   1,887,429       0.11        1,893,536 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        Ivan Menezes as 
 12)    a director                1,751,542,776   99.95   892,147         0.05        645,104 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        Alan Stewart as 
 13)    a director                1,749,646,201   99.90   1,728,328       0.10        1,882,052 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
 14)    of auditor                1,742,879,604   99.43   9,956,533       0.57        530,634 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Remuneration of 
 15)    auditor                   1,750,303,428   99.86   2,409,690       0.14        591,966 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Authority to make 
        political donations 
        and/or to incur 
 16)    political expenditure     1,680,953,677   97.34   45,979,318      2.66        26,519,144 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Authority to allot 
 17)    shares                    1,663,055,573   96.83   54,522,624      3.17        35,767,516 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Disapplication 
        of pre-emption 
 18)    rights                    1,685,837,432   98.39   27,667,078      1.61        39,788,572 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Authority to purchase 
 19)    own ordinary shares       1,725,162,526   98.62   24,071,769      1.38        4,129,263 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
       Reduced notice 
        of a general meeting 
        other than an 
 20)    AGM                       1,581,026,394   91.47   147,380,203     8.53        24,964,149 
      -------------------------  --------------  ------  --------------  ----------  --------------- 
 

On 28 September 2021, there were 2,332,333,633 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

1 October 2021

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