UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
1 October 2021
 
Commission File Number:  001-10691
 
DIAGEO plc
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
 
Lakeside Drive, Park Royal, London NW10 7HQ
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
 
Form 20-F   X                                                                  Form 40-F  
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):   
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
1)   
 
Report and accounts 2021
 
1,744,473,475
 
99.81
 
3,272,009
 
0.19
 
5,683,139
 
2)   
 
Directors' remuneration report 2021
 
1,661,293,734
 
96.04
 
68,483,076
 
3.96
 
23,650,135
 
3)   
 
Declaration of final dividend
 
1,749,775,174
 
99.82
 
3,194,816
 
0.18
 
434,525
 
4)   
 
Election of Lavanya Chandrashekar as a director
 
1,749,008,414
 
99.79
 
3,672,609
 
0.21
 
648,938
 
5)   
 
Election of Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet as a director
 
1,749,671,363
 
99.90
 
1,775,357
 
0.10
 
1,879,449
 
6)   
 
Election of Sir John Manzoni as a director
 
1,749,494,008
 
99.89
 
1,902,528
 
0.11
 
1,912,261
 
7)   
 
Election of Ireena Vittal as a director
 
1,491,809,494
 
93.04
 
111,615,760
 
6.96
 
149,882,366
 
8)   
 
Re-election of Melissa Bethell as a director
 
1,746,853,982
 
99.74
 
4,587,190
 
0.26
 
1,866,405
 
9)   
 
Re-election of Javier Ferràn as a director
 
1,742,259,593
 
99.48
 
9,157,035
 
0.52
 
1,877,409
 
10)  
 
Re-election of Susan Kilsby as a director
 
1,666,851,846
 
95.17
 
84,525,765
 
4.83
 
1,879,485
 
11)  
 
Re-election of Lady Mendelsohn as a director
 
1,749,495,412
 
99.89
 
1,887,429
 
0.11
 
1,893,536
 
12)  
 
Re-election of Ivan Menezes as a director
 
1,751,542,776
 
99.95
 
892,147
 
0.05
 
645,104
 
13)  
 
Re-election of Alan Stewart as a director
 
1,749,646,201
 
99.90
 
1,728,328
 
0.10
 
1,882,052
 
14)  
 
Re-appointment of auditor
 
1,742,879,604
 
99.43
 
9,956,533
 
0.57
 
530,634
 
15)  
 
Remuneration of auditor
 
1,750,303,428
 
99.86
 
2,409,690
 
0.14
 
591,966
 
16)  
 
Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political expenditure
 
1,680,953,677
 
97.34
 
45,979,318
 
2.66
 
26,519,144
 
17)  
 
Authority to allot shares
 
1,663,055,573
 
96.83
 
54,522,624
 
3.17
 
35,767,516
 
18)  
 
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
 
1,685,837,432
 
98.39
 
27,667,078
 
1.61
 
39,788,572
 
19)  
 
Authority to purchase own ordinary shares
 
1,725,162,526
 
98.62
 
24,071,769
 
1.38
 
4,129,263
 
20)  
 
Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an 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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE
 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Diageo plc
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: 01 October 2021
 
 
 
 
 
By:___/s/ James Edmunds
 
 
 
 
James Edmunds
 
 
Deputy Company Secretary
 
 
 
 
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