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Our AGM is held in September/October each year and gives shareholders the opportunity to vote on various company matters, either by attending the meeting and voting in person or by sending in a proxy vote (to be used for a poll vote) in hard copy or electronic form.
If you attend the AGM, you have the opportunity to put questions to the Board of Directors and to speak to individual directors personally after the meeting. If you are unable to attend, or if you have any questions you wish to put to any of the directors during the course of the year, you may write to the company.
2024 AGM
At the Annual General Meeting of Diageo plc held on Thursday, 26 September 2024 (the “AGM”), all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 (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 2024 |
1,730,931,508 |
99.96 |
705,282 |
0.04 |
7,789,052 |
2) |
Directors' remuneration report 2024 |
1,652,770,668 |
96.11 |
66,983,213 |
3.89 |
19,727,804 |
3) |
Declaration of final dividend |
1,738,257,368 |
99.96 |
750,094 |
0.04 |
419,232 |
4) |
Appointment of Julie Brown as a director |
1,736,947,488 |
99.90 |
1,770,868 |
0.10 |
665,994 |
5) |
Appointment of Nik Jhangiani as a director |
1,735,736,572 |
99.83 |
2,904,612 |
0.17 |
718,934 |
6) |
Re-appointment of Melissa Bethell as a director |
1,733,472,126 |
99.86 |
2,427,431 |
0.14 |
3,381,169 |
7) |
Re-appointment of Karen Blackett as a director |
1,733,459,179 |
99.85 |
2,539,730 |
0.15 |
3,373,885 |
8) |
Re-appointment of Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet as a director |
1,732,875,160 |
99.82 |
3,091,404 |
0.18 |
3,386,723 |
9) |
Re-appointment of Debra Crew as a director |
1,737,206,836 |
99.92 |
1,413,253 |
0.08 |
746,518 |
10) |
Re-appointment of Javier Ferrán as a director |
1,721,676,813 |
99.42 |
10,109,654 |
0.58 |
7,562,844 |
11) |
Re-appointment of Susan Kilsby as a director |
1,727,230,743 |
99.50 |
8,756,036 |
0.50 |
3,360,132 |
12) |
Re-appointment of Sir John Manzoni as a director |
1,736,704,057 |
99.88 |
2,002,969 |
0.12 |
649,965 |
13) |
Re-appointment of Ireena Vittal as a director |
1,559,141,103 |
89.81 |
176,853,361 |
10.19 |
3,372,511 |
14) |
Re-appointment of Auditor |
1,730,483,955 |
99.51 |
8,446,856 |
0.49 |
512,207 |
15) |
Remuneration of Auditor |
1,735,346,376 |
99.80 |
3,494,670 |
0.20 |
583,552 |
16) |
Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political expenditure |
1,696,943,654 |
98.05 |
33,737,211 |
1.95 |
8,829,565 |
17) |
Authority to allot shares |
1,668,947,204 |
95.99 |
69,652,756 |
4.01 |
852,654 |
18) |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights* |
1,692,098,713 |
97.56 |
42,341,793 |
2.44 |
5,006,019 |
19) |
Authority to purchase own ordinary shares* |
1,728,435,535 |
99.47 |
9,186,355 |
0.53 |
1,794,893 |
20) |
Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an AGM* |
1,650,471,013 |
95.00 |
86,877,522 |
5.00 |
2,091,388 |
*Special Resolution