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RNS Number : 1110N

Diageo PLC

20 September 2019

Diageo plc

LEI: 213800ZVIELEA55JMJ32

Result of Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of Diageo plc held on Thursday, 19 September 2019, all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2019 were duly passed.

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

 
                                 VOTES FOR       %        VOTES AGAINST   %        VOTES WITHHELD 
       Report and accounts 
 1)     2019                     1,751,080,621   99.82%   3,167,328       0.18%    6,446,855 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Directors' remuneration 
 2)     report 2019              1,694,726,156   96.88%   54,505,285      3.12%    11,478,228 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Declaration of 
 3)     final dividend           1,759,349,182   99.95%   885,756         0.05%    507,286 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Election of D 
 4)     Crew as a director       1,750,285,859   99.45%   9,639,086       0.55%    760,166 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        Lord Davies as 
 5)     a director               1,751,339,509   99.51%   8,614,590       0.49%    724,818 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        J Ferrán 
 6)     as a director            1,751,857,528   99.54%   8,127,981       0.46%    698,754 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        S Kilsby as a 
 7)     director                 1,737,329,385   98.80%   21,124,739      1.20%    2,232,474 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        H KwonPing as 
 8)     a director               1,557,452,435   88.66%   199,120,023     11.34%   4,109,840 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        N Mendelsohn as 
 9)     a director               1,754,372,724   99.88%   2,169,235       0.12%    4,132,955 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        I Menezes as a 
 10)    director                 1,758,810,233   99.93%   1,206,397       0.07%    680,441 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        K Mikells as a 
 11)    director                 1,753,526,244   99.63%   6,424,283       0.37%    708,020 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Re-election of 
        A Stewart as a 
 12)    director                 1,756,750,625   99.82%   3,226,244       0.18%    712,593 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Re-appointment 
 13)    of auditor               1,758,293,787   99.89%   1,852,093       0.11%    553,554 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Remuneration of 
 14)    auditor                  1,755,796,779   99.81%   3,351,818       0.19%    642,441 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Authority to make 
        political donations 
        and/or to incur 
 15)    political expenditure    1,709,874,147   97.65%   41,238,130      2.35%    8,705,966 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Authority to allot 
 16)    shares                   1,727,277,967   98.22%   31,361,516      1.78%    1,146,539 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Approval of the 
        Irish Sharesave 
 17)    Scheme                   1,743,406,158   99.20%   14,083,443      0.80%    2,262,911 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Disapplication 
        of pre-emption 
 18)    rights                   1,749,753,190   99.55%   7,983,575       0.45%    2,000,071 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Authority to purchase 
 19)    own shares               1,732,891,809   98.59%   24,761,775      1.41%    2,133,922 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Reduced notice 
        of general meeting 
        other than an 
 20)    AGM                      1,631,406,327   93.18%   119,328,898     6.82%    9,026,372 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
       Approval and adoption 
        of new articles 
 21)    of association           1,755,052,456   99.82%   3,103,133       0.18%    1,572,402 
      ------------------------  --------------  -------  --------------  -------  --------------- 
 

On 17 September 2019, there were 2,363,532,692 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: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

James Edmunds

Deputy Company Secretary

20 September 2019

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