Historical AGM

Here you'll find information on our Annual General Meetings dating back to 2011.

2022 AGM

The 2022 AGM of Diageo plc was held at 2.30 pm on Thursday, 6 October 2022 at etc.venues St Paul’s, 200 Aldersgate, London EC1A 4HD.

All resolutions were voted on by way of poll and were passed. The total number of votes received on each resolution is as follows:

 

 

VOTES FOR

% FOR

VOTES AGAINST

% AGAINST

VOTES WITHHELD

1)       

Report and accounts 2022

1,722,433,481

99.92

1,383,479

0.08

5,104,461

2)       

Directors’ remuneration report 2022

1,612,245,424

94.79

88,630,650

5.21

28,285,201

3)       

Declaration of final dividend

1,727,049,733

99.93

1,197,584

0.07

888,536

4)       

Appointment  of Karen Blackett

1,718,998,448

99.91

1,553,193

0.09

8,491,512

5)       

Re-appointment of Melissa Bethell

1,726,121,558

99.89

1,973,238

0.11

959,729

6)       

Re-appointment of Lavanya Chandrashekar

1,724,788,455

99.83

2,926,038

0.17

1,344,624

7)       

Re-appointment of

Valerie Chapoulaud-Floquet

1,725,297,914

99.84

2,738,656

0.16

954,467

8)       

Re-appointment of Javier Ferran

1,712,858,169

99.16

14,451,564

0.84

1,720,132

9)       

Re-appointment of Susan Kilsby

1,707,310,119

99.36

10,956,962

0.64

10,759,564

10)    

Re-appointment of Sir John Manzoni

1,725,411,579

99.84

2,687,319

0.16

962,703

11)    

Re-appointment of Lady Mendelsohn

1,725,441,023

99.85

2,676,528

0.15

960,834

12)    

Re-appointment of Ivan Menezes

1,727,448,317

99.96

644,965

0.04

956,015

13)    

Re-appointment of Alan Stewart

1,726,140,599

99.89

1,917,274

0.11

961,448

14)    

Re-appointment of Ireena Vittal

1,405,068,323

89.00

173,708,201

11.00

150,424,167

15)    

Re-appointment of auditor

1,719,491,894

99.48

8,963,090

0.52

832,061

16)    

Remuneration of auditor

1,726,886,165

99.91

1,490,964

0.09

915,472

17)    

Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political expenditure

1,685,596,194

97.53

42,653,986

2.47

1,123,365

18)    

Amendment of the Diageo plc 2017 Irish Share Ownership Plan

1,713,097,301

99.27

12,647,467

0.73

3,572,396

19)    

Authority to allot shares

1,678,952,161

97.16

49,009,542

2.84

1,363,589

20)    

Disapplication of pre-emption rights*

1,712,331,105

99.13

15,101,933

0.87

5,406,387

21)    

Authority to purchase own ordinary shares*

1,710,880,358

99.03

16,693,265

0.97

1,736,182

22)    

Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an AGM*

1,612,899,966

93.35

114,906,837

6.65

1,444,973

 

*Special Resolution

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Notice of meeting

2021 AGM

The 2021 AGM of Diageo plc was held at 2.30 pm on Thursday, 30 September 2021 at etc.venues St Paul’s, 200 Aldersgate, London EC1A 4HD.

All resolutions were voted on by way of poll and were passed. The total number of votes received on each resolution is 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

*Special Resolution

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Notice of meeting

2020 AGM

The 2020 AGM of Diageo plc was held at 2.30 pm on Thursday, 28 September 2020 at the Company’s registered office at Lakeside Drive, Park Royal, London NW10 7HQ.

All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were passed.  The total number of votes received on each resolution is as follows:

 

VOTES FOR

%

VOTES AGAINST

%

VOTES WITHHELD

1) Report and accounts 2020

1,761,428,946

99.95

851,817

0.05

6,939,503

2) Directors’ remuneration report 2020

1,715,489,143

97.09

51,495,925

2.91

2,299,889

3) Directors’ remuneration policy 2020

1,644,443,671

93.12

121,538,951

6.88

3,321,447

4) Declaration of final dividend

1,737,638,689

98.27

30,600,311

1.73

1,059,957

5) Election of Melissa Bethell as a director

1,763,078,178

99.76

4,206,013

0.24

1,948,795

6) Re-election of Javier Ferrán as a director

1,760,319,660

99.70

5,362,671

0.30

3,538,387

7) Re-election of Susan Kilsby as a director

1,748,846,919

98.95

18,492,689

1.05

1,886,030

8) Re-election of Lady Mendelsohn as a director

1,762,553,199

99.73

4,762,375

0.27

1,905,676

9) Re-election of Ivan Menezes as a director

1,765,033,066

99.87

2,298,658

0.13

1,886,310

10) Re-election of Kathryn Mikells as a director

1,760,230,864

99.60

7,095,914

0.40

1,882,524

11) Re-election of Alan Stewart as a director

1,762,095,862

99.71

5,125,124

0.29

1,930,460

12) Re-appointment of auditor

1,766,361,524

99.90

1,817,726

0.10

1,094,828

13) Remuneration of auditor

1,764,413,632

99.80

3,622,515

0.20

1,237,662

14) Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political expenditure

1,724,952,557

97.58

42,771,686

2.42

1,614,851

15) Authority to allot shares

1,713,128,219

97.36

46,468,443

2.64

9,711,955

16) Amendment of the Diageo 2001 Share Incentive Plan

1,758,314,080

99.58

7,498,306

0.42

2,520,576

17) Adoption of the Diageo 2020 Sharesave Plan

1,759,270,830

99.62

6,759,004

0.38

2,299,360

18) Adoption of the Diageo Deferred Bonus Share Plan

1,757,720,847

99.55

8,028,911

0.45

2,486,808

19) Authority to establish international share plans

1,758,872,532

99.59

7,174,992

0.41

2,260,706

20) Disapplication of pre-emption rights*

1,744,197,765

99.22

13,771,848

6.13

10,301,221

21) Authority to purchase own ordinary shares*

1,739,631,441

98.51

26,287,153

1.49

2,369,429

22) Reduced notice of general meeting other than an AGM*

1,601,283,588

90.67

164,736,228

9.33

2,263,861

23) Approval and adoption of new articles of association*

1,731,338,506

98.38

28,587,555

1.62

8,337,796

24) 2019 Share buy-backs and employee benefit and share ownership trust transactions*

1,754,592,351

99.81

3,395,509

0.19

9,007,049

* Special Resolution.

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Chairman's script

Chief Executive's presentation

Notice of Meeting

2019 AGM

The 2019 AGM of Diageo plc was held at 2.30 pm on Thursday, 19 September 2019 at etc.venues, 200 Aldersgate, London EC1A 4HD.

All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were passed.  The total number of votes received on each resolution is as follows:

 

VOTES FOR

%

VOTES AGAINST

%

VOTES WITHHELD

1) Report and accounts 2019

1,751,080,621

99.82%

3,167,328

0.18%

6,446,855

2) Directors’ remuneration report 2019

1,694,726,156

96.88%

54,505,285

3.12%

11,478,228

3) Declaration of final dividend

1,759,349,182

99.95%

885,756

0.05%

507,286

4) Election of D Crew as a director

1,750,285,859

99.45%

9,639,086

0.55%

760,166

5) Re-election of Lord Davies as a director

1,751,339,509

99.51%

8,614,590

0.49%

724,818

6) Re-election of J Ferrán as a director

1,751,857,528

99.54%

8,127,981

0.46%

698,754

7) Re-election of S Kilsby as a director

1,737,329,385

98.80%

21,124,739

1.20%

2,232,474

8) Re-election of H KwonPing as a director

1,557,452,435

88.66%

199,120,023

11.34%

4,109,840

9) Re-election of N Mendelsohn as a director

1,754,372,724

99.88%

2,169,235

0.12%

4,132,955

10) Re-election of I Menezes as a director

1,758,810,233

99.93%

1,206,397

0.07%

680,441

11) Re-election of K Mikells as a director

1,753,526,244

99.63%

6,424,283

0.37%

708,020

12) Re-election of A Stewart as a director

1,756,750,625

99.82%

3,226,244

0.18%

712,593

13) Re-appointment of auditor

1,758,293,787

99.89%

1,852,093

0.11%

553,554

14) Remuneration of auditor

1,755,796,779

99.81%

3,351,818

0.19%

642,441

15) Authority to make political donations and/or incur political expenditure

1,709,874,147

97.65%

41,238,130

2.35%

8,705,966

16) Authority to allot shares

1,727,277,967

98.22%

31,361,516

1.78%

1,146,539

17) Approval of the Irish Sharesave Scheme

1,743,406,158

99.20%

14,083,443

0.80%

2,262,911

18) Disapplication of pre-emption rights

1,749,753,190

99.55%

7,983,575

0.45%

2,000,071

19) Authority to purchase own shares*

1,732,891,809

98.59%

24,761,775

1.41%

2,133,922

20) Reduced notice of general meeting other than an AGM*

1,631,406,327

93.18%

119,328,898

6.82%

9,026,372

21) Approval and adoption of new articles of association

1,755,052,456

99.82%

3,103,133

0.18%

1,572,402

*Special Resolution.

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Notice of meeting

 

2018 AGM

The 2018 AGM of Diageo plc was held at 2.30 pm on Thursday, 20 September 2018 at The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre, Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London EC4V 3DB.

All resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and were passed.  The total number of votes received on each resolution is as follows:

 

VOTES FOR

%

VOTES AGAINST

%

VOTES WITHHELD

1) Report and accounts 2018

1,921,702,371

99.26

14,340,943

0.74

15,977,824

2) Directors’ remuneration report 2018

1,873,234,182

96.54

67,057,068

3.46

11,728,553

3) Declaration of final dividend

1,950,731,576

99.97

532,970

0.03

756,593

4) Election of SS Kilsby as a director

1,896,667,650

99.23

14,647,558

0.77

40,705,932

5) Re-election of Lord Davies as a director

1,927,087,124

98.79

23,515,072

1.21

1,418,548

6) Re-election of J Ferrán as a director

1,937,094,077

99.29

13,936,984

0.71

988,749

7) Re-election of Ho KwonPing as a director

1,787,202,926

92.41

146,729,564

7.59

18,088,649

8) Re-election of NS Mendelsohn as a director

1,931,185,325

98.98

19,835,169

1.02

1,000,646

9) Re-election of IM Menezes as a director

1,943,554,110

99.62

7,471,547

0.38

995,484

10) Re-election of KA Mikells as a director

1,924,991,302

98.67

26,043,758

1.33

986,081

11) Re-election of AJH Stewart as a director

1,929,694,565

99.53

9,087,155

0.47

13,239,024

12) Re-appointment of auditor

1,946,977,057

99.78

4,326,823

0.22

717,261

13) Remuneration of auditor

1,944,541,028

99.66

6,627,374

0.34

852,738

14) Authority to make political donations and/or incur political expenditure

1,889,327,460

97.26

53,152,373

2.74

9,541,307

15) Authority to allot shares

1,929,486,704

98.91

21,177,808

1.09

1,356,243

16) Disapplication of pre-emption rights*

1,943,050,599

99.64

6,950,565

0.36

2,015,451

17) Authority to purchase own shares*

1,928,899,479

98.96

20,318,136

1.04

2,802,790

18) Adoption of new articles of association*

1,920,473,056

98.95

20,463,096

1.05

11,084,589

19) Notice of a general meeting*

1,816,091,673

93.46

127,123,986

6.54

8,805,083

* Special Resolution.

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Notice of meeting

Shareholder information

2017 AGM

The 2017 Diageo AGM was held at 2.30 pm on Wednesday, 20 September 2017 at The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre, Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London EC4V 3DB.

The company's issued share capital at the latest practicable time before the date on which notice of meeting was given ('the Latest Practicable Date') was 2,754,467,515 Ordinary Shares carrying one vote each, excluding any Ordinary Shares held as treasury shares. As at the Latest Practicable Date, the company held 236,734,257 treasury shares representing 10% of the company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares).

As at the Latest Practicable Date the total number of voting rights in the company was, therefore 2,517,733,258.

 

VOTES FOR

%*

VOTES AGAINST

%*

VOTES WITHHELD**

1) Report and Accounts

1,958,571,162

99.70

5,794,986

0.30

18,441,398

2) Directors’ Remuneration Report

1,915,370,899

97.22

54,745,724

2.78

12,690,154

3) Directors’ Remuneration Policy

1,905,251,510

96.19

75,507,013

3.81

2,048,247

4) Final Dividend

1,981,742,644

99.99

273,999

0.01

789,981

5) Re-election of PB Bruzelius

1,973,532,772

99.89

2,220,707

0.11

7,053,145

6) Re-election of Lord Davies

1,967,235,676

99.57

8,519,122

0.43

7,051,833

7) Re-election of J Ferrán

1,964,253,132

99.12

17,526,131

0.88

1,027,368

8) Re-election of Ho KwonPing

1,854,107,434

93.98

118,831,276

6.02

9,867,921

9) Re-election of BD Holden

1,979,083,549

99.86

2,755,067

0.14

968,015

10) Re-election of NS Mendelsohn

1,980,445,358

99.94

1,215,260

0.06

1,146,013

11) Re-election of IM Menezes

1,980,941,490

99.96

863,949

0.04

1,001,192

12) Re-election of KA Mikells

1,964,648,715

99.14

17,130,099

0.86

1,027,817

13) Re-election of AJH Stewart

1,979,524,219

99.89

2,258,443

0.11

1,023,969

14) Re-appointment of Auditor

1,965,261,038

99.15

16,784,488

0.85

761,105

15) Remuneration of auditor

1,967,388,727

99.27

14,505,656

0.73

911,971

16) Authority to allot shares

1,954,361,007

98.64

27,040,866

1.36

1,404,750

17) Disapplication of pre-emption rights

1,964,232,954

99.15

16,782,975

0.85

1,787,548

18) Authority to purchase own ordinary shares

1,951,867,737

98.59

27,914,923

1.41

3,023,964

19) Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political  expenditure in the EU**

1,919,454,738

97.21

55,181,875

2.79

8,169,288

20) Adoption of Diageo 2017 Share Value Plan**

1,859,608,157

93.87

121,449,532

6.13

1,745,482

*As a percentage of the aggregate of votes For plus votes Against (excluding votes Withheld).

**Resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business.

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2016 AGM

The 2016 Diageo AGM was held at 2.30 pm on Wednesday 21 September 2016 at The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre, Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London EC4V 3DB. The company's issued share capital at the latest practicable time before the date on which notice of meeting was given ('the Latest Practicable Date') was 2,517,817,255 Ordinary Shares carrying one vote each, excluding any Ordinary Shares held as treasury shares.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, the company held 236,567,023 treasury shares representing 10% of the company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at that date. As at the Latest Practicable Date the total number of voting rights in the company was, therefore 2,517,817,255.

RESOLUTION

VOTES FOR

%*

VOTES AGAINST

%*

VOTES WITHELD

1) Report and Accounts

1,923,101,205

99.71

5,625,466

0.29

21,246,395

2) Directors’ Remuneration Report

1,847,226,415

94.82

100,963,321

5.18

1,783,328

3) Final Dividend

1,948,845,491

99.98

322,844

0.02

804,731

4) Re-election of PB Bruzelius

1,934,006,300

99.45

10,683,091

0.55

5,283,174

5) Re-election of Lord Davies

1,934,831,150

99.49

9,858,576

0.51

5,282,839

6) Re-election of Ho KwonPing

1,757,416,495

91.57

161,893,045

8.43

30,663,022

7) Re-election of BD Holden

1,940,846,662

99.59

8,080,999

0.41

1,044,904

8) Re-election of Dr FB Humer

1,908,164,211

98.65

26,037,168

1.35

15,771,186

9) Re-election of NS Mendelsohn

1,923,225,868

99.30

13,616,275

0.70

13,130,422

10) Re-election of IM Menezes

1,947,944,432

99.95

979,594

0.05

1,048,540

11) Re-election of PG Scott

1,939,828,125

99.54

9,061,215

0.46

1,083,225

12) Re-election of AJH Stewart

1,926,580,528

99.47

10,277,651

0.53

13,114,386

13) Election of J Ferrán

1,938,175,973

99.45

10,666,056

0.55

1,130,537

14) Election of KA Mikells

1,946,080,107

99.86

2,795,519

0.14

1,096,939

15) Election of EN Walmsley***

-

-

-

-

-

16) Re-appointment of Auditor

1,945,591,463

99.82

3,570,418

0.18

811,050

17) Remuneration of auditor

1,944,225,526

99.76

4,627,412

0.24

1,120,128

18) Authority to allot shares

1,912,660,305

98.16

35,765,952

1.84

1,546,780

19) Disapplication of pre-emption rights

1,933,853,877

99.28

13,972,491

0.72

2,146,698

20) Authority to purchase own ordinary shares

1,924,604,689

98.76

24,173,573

1.24

1,194,804

21) Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political expenditure in the EU**

1,876,158,573

96.52

67,600,256

3.48

6,214,236

* As a percentage of the aggregate of votes For plus votes Against (excluding votes Withheld).

** Resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business.

*** Resolution 15 was withdrawn with the consent of the meeting as Ms Walmsley indicated that she wished to stand down from the board.

2016 AGM documents 

2015 AGM

The 2015 Diageo AGM was held at 2.30 pm on Wednesday 23 September 2015 at The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre, Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London EC4V 3DB.

Diageo's issued share capital at the latest practicable time before the date on which notice of meeting was given ('the Latest Practicable Date') was 2,515,148,847 ordinary shares carrying one vote each, excluding any ordinary shares held as treasury shares.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, the company held 239,159,553 treasury shares representing 10% of the company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at that date. As at the Latest Practicable Date the total number of voting rights in the company was, therefore, 2,515,148,847.

Resolution

VOTES FOR

%*

VOTES AGAINST

%*

VOTE WITHHELD

1) Report and Accounts 1,846,690,194 99.67% 6,099,447 0.33% 15,096,009
2) Directors’ Remuneration Report 1,767,690,112 96.45% 64,973,516 3.55% 35,221,124
3) Declaration of final dividend 1,863,786,778 99.98% 352,969 0.02% 3,746,767
4) Re-election of P B Bruzelius 1,813,022,327 97.86% 39,636,888 2.14% 15,227,039
5) Re-election of Lord Davies 1,839,703,872 98.76% 23,032,742 1.24% 5,149,036
6) Re-election of Ho Kwon Ping 1,738,268,438 93.84% 114,203,358 6.16% 15,414,706
7) Re-election of B D Holden 1,849,296,785 99.28% 13,441,199 0.72% 5,148,530
8) Re-election of Dr F B Humer 1,839,533,687 98.76% 23,069,087 1.24% 5,282,876
9) Re-election of D Mahlan 1,839,641,614 98.77% 22,974,912 1.23% 5,269,112
10) Re-election of N S Mendelsohn 1,832,835,607 98.96% 19,269,514 1.04% 15,781,193
11) Re-election of I Menezes 1,849,044,368 99.27% 13,595,375 0.73% 5,246,771
12) Re-election of P G Scott 1,849,606,631 99.30% 13,096,124 0.70% 5,183,759
13) Re-election of A J H Stewart 1,834,565,571 98.97% 19,023,869 1.03% 14,297,074
14) Appointment of auditor 1,861,635,702 99.89% 2,105,205 0.11% 4,144,743
15) Remuneration of auditor 1,860,018,490 99.81% 3,537,683 0.19% 4,329,477
16) Authority to allot shares 1,832,801,237 98.36% 30,588,576 1.64% 4,495,835
17) Disapplication of pre-emption rights 1,806,482,691 98.12% 34,702,168 1.88% 26,700,048
18) Authority to purchase own ordinary shares 1,860,746,021 99.90% 1,880,538 0.10% 5,256,820
19) Authority to make political donations and/or
to incur political expenditure in the EU**
1,780,829,589 96.87% 57,455,365 3.13% 29,599,846

* As a percentage of the aggregate of votes For plus votes Against (excluding votes Withheld).

** Resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business.

2015 AGM Documents

2014 AGM

The 2014 Diageo AGM was held at 2.30 pm on Thursday 18 September 2014 at The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre, Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London EC4V 3DB.

Diageo's issued share capital at the latest practicable time before the date on which notice of meeting was given ('the Latest Practicable Date') was 2,512,152,622 ordinary shares carrying one vote each, excluding any ordinary shares held as treasury shares.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, the company held 242,068,532 treasury shares representing 10% of the company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at that date. As at the Latest Practicable Date the total number of voting rights in the company was, therefore, 2,512,152,622.

Resolution VOTES FOR %* VOTES AGAINST %* VOTES WITHHELD
1) Report and Accounts 1,687,654,417 98.85% 19,579,184 1.15% 18,196,765
2) Directors' Remuneration Report 1,643,966,601 97.01% 50,619,135 2.99% 30,844,578
3) Directors' Remuneration policy 1,663,866,061 97.47% 43,275,688 2.53% 18,288,488
4) Declaration of final dividend 1,720,749,983 99.97% 447,317 0.03% 4,232,873
5) Re-election of P B Bruzelius 1,684,816,956 98.63% 23,416,625 1.37% 17,196,152
6) Re-election of L M Danon 1,714,008,749 99.59% 7,000,260 0.41% 4,421,226
7) Re-election of Lord Davies 1,711,595,642 99.45% 9,421,755 0.55% 4,412,838
8) Re-election of Ho Kwon Ping 1,643,743,598 95.52% 77,142,639 4.48% 4,543,998
9) Re-election of B D Holden 1,708,478,204 99.27% 12,530,159 0.73% 4,421,949
10) Re-election of Dr F B Humer 1,713,538,330 99.57% 7,477,896 0.43% 4,414,091
11) Re-election of D Mahlan 1,714,384,207 99.61% 6,640,510 0.39% 4,405,595
12) Re-election of I Menezes 1,720,266,183 99.96% 759,321 0.04% 4,405,258
13) Re-election of P G Scott 1,715,430,491 99.68% 5,584,871 0.32% 4,405,581
14) Election of N S Mendelsohn 1,715,345,952 99.67% 5,624,051 0.33% 4,460,109
15) Election of A J H Stewart 1,715,402,733 99.68% 5,572,772 0.32% 4,449,564
16) Re-appointment of auditor 1,697,179,543 99.51% 8,310,998 0.49% 19,939,741
17) Remuneration of auditor 1,716,683,937 99.83% 2,881,832 0.17% 5,864,465
18) Authority to allot shares 1,682,592,630 97.84% 37,072,189 2.16% 5,765,135
19) Disapplication of pre-emption rights 1,690,332,494 98.30% 29,264,613 1.70% 5,833,210
20) Authority to purchase own ordinary shares 1,719,468,050 99.91% 1,486,477 0.09% 4,474,513
21) Authority to make political donations and/or
to incur political expenditure in the EU
1,672,041,493 97.25% 47,250,741 2.75% 6,137,190
22) Adoption of the Diageo 2014 long-term Incentive Plan 1,636,407,308 96.79% 54,236,833 3.21% 34,784,853

* As a percentage of the aggregate of votes For plus votes Against (excluding votes Withheld).

** Resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business.

2014 AGM documents

2013 AGM

The 2013 Diageo AGM was held at 2.30 pm on Thursday 19 September 2013 at The Hilton London Paddington Hotel, 146 Praed Street, London W2 1EE.

Diageo's issued share capital at the latest practicable time before the date on which notice of meeting was given ('the Latest Practicable Date') was 2,510,398,085 ordinary shares carrying one vote each, excluding any ordinary shares held as treasury shares.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, the company held 243,773,696 treasury shares representing 10% of the company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at that date. As at the Latest Practicable Date the total number of voting rights in the company was, therefore, 2,510,398,085.

Resolution VOTES FOR %* VOTES AGAINST %* VOTES WITHHELD
Report and accounts 2013 1,742,239,856 99.44% 9,854,951 0.56% 75,440,459
Directors' remuneration report 2013 1,595,322,555 88.17% 214,086,018 11.83% 18,126,693
Declaration of final dividend 1,824,379,472 99.98% 309,750 0.02% 2,845,879
Re-election of PB Bruzelius as a director 1,794,814,507 99.01% 18,003,956 0.99% 14,713,465
Re-election of LM Danon as a director 1,802,545,154 99.43% 10,383,782 0.57% 14,602,242
Re-election of Lord Davies as a director 1,811,580,166 99.29% 12,946,765 0.71% 3,005,031
Re-election of Ho Kwon Ping as a director 1,811,082,417 99.26% 13,438,037 0.74% 3,007,857
Re-election of BD Holden as a director 1,817,458,135 99.61% 7,106,226 0.39% 2,967,601
Re-election of Dr FB Humer as a director 1,797,511,475 98.51% 27,149,032 1.49% 2,870,673
Re-election of D Mahlan as a director 1,820,038,310 99.75% 4,475,916 0.25% 3,016,986
Re-election of IM Menezes as a director        1,823,526,963 99.94% 1,045,006 0.06% 2,959,211
Re-election of PG Scott as a director 1,817,398,560 99.61% 7,150,070 0.39% 2,981,822
Appointment of auditor 1,792,514,193 99.28% 12,976,320 0.72% 22,039,027
Remuneration of auditor 1,814,097,980 99.63% 6,764,256 0.37% 6,661,753
Authority to allot shares 1,793,133,244 98.31% 30,810,779 1.69% 3,588,455
Disapplication of pre-emption rights 1,811,825,368 99.38% 11,390,955 0.62% 4,316,155
Authority to purchase own ordinary shares 1,817,170,234 99.61% 7,120,788 0.39% 3,237,400
Authority to make political donations and/or
to incur political expenditure in the EU**
1,751,702,358 96.37% 65,983,954 3.63% 9,842,108
Reduced notice of a general meeting other
than an annual general meeting**
1,558,422,111 85.44% 265,471,485 14.56% 3,634,824

* As a percentage of the aggregate of votes For plus votes Against (i.e. excluding votes Withheld).

**Resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business.

2013 AGM documents

2012 AGM

The 2012 Diageo AGM was held at 2.30 pm on Wednesday 17 October 2012 at Church House Conference Centre, Dean’s Yard, Westminster, London, SW1P 3NZ.

Diageo's issued share capital at the latest practicable time before the date on which notice of meeting was given ('the Latest Practicable Date') was 2,506,110,063 ordinary shares carrying one vote each, excluding any ordinary shares held as treasury shares.

As at the Latest Practicable Date, the company held 248,005,922 treasury shares representing 10% of the company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at that date. As at the Latest Practicable Date the total number of voting rights in the company was, therefore, 2,506,110,063.

Resolution VOTES FOR %* VOTES AGAINST %* VOTES WITHHELD
Reports and accounts 2012 1,786,124,018 99.27% 13,060,463 0.73% 30,907,326
Directors’ remuneration report 2012 1,690,276,063 92.54% 136,267,048 7.46% 3,544,158
Declaration of final dividend 1,827,866,279 99.99% 209,659 0.01% 2,015,870
Re-election of PB Bruzelius as a director 1,805,914,176 99.43% 10,314,237 0.57% 13,862,356
Re-election of LM Danon as a director 1,806,655,107 99.45% 10,006,519 0.55% 13,429,143
Re-election of Lord Davies as a director 1,815,533,124 99.33% 12,336,326 0.67% 2,221,320
Re-election of BD Holden as a director 1,819,628,954 99.59% 7,487,750 0.41% 2,974,066
Re-election of Dr FB Humer as a director 1,815,881,118 99.34% 12,013,567 0.66% 2,196,548
Re-election of D Mahlan as a director 1,814,430,668 99.26% 13,488,919 0.74% 2,171,183
Re-election of PG Scott as a director 1,820,260,120 99.58% 7,656,354 0.42% 2,174,296
Re-election of HT Stitzer as a director 1,819,161,376 99.53% 8,660,016 0.47% 2,269,378
Re-election of PS Walsh as a director 1,733,199,633 95.39% 83,838,712 4.61% 13,052,424
Election of Ho Kwong Ping as director 1,820,188,354 99.58% 7,589,030 0.42% 2,313,563
Election of IM Menezes as director 1,815,452,670 99.32% 12,451,859 0.68% 2,185,685
Re-appointment of auditor 1,800,222,755 99.33% 12,166,171 0.67% 17,702,482
Remuneration of auditor 1,818,820,311 99.52% 8,706,549 0.48% 2,564,087
Authority to allot shares 1,806,823,718 98.87% 20,697,453 1.13% 2,570,239
Disapplication of pre-emption rights 1,817,192,547 99.47% 9,699,738 0.53% 3,193,969
Authority to purchase own ordinary shares 1,812,010,686 99.75% 4,567,743 0.25% 13,508,621
Authority to make political donations and/or
to incur political expenditure in the EU**
1,779,427,059 97.54% 44,954,247 2.46% 5,709,939
Reduced notice of a general meeting other
than an annual general meeting**
1,634,721,704 89.45% 192,755,800 10.55% 2,610,309

* As a percentage of the aggregate of votes For plus votes Against (i.e. excluding votes Withheld).

**Resolutions passed other than those concerning ordinary business.

2012 AGM documents

2011 AGM

The 2011 Diageo AGM was held at 2.30 pm on Thursday, 19 October 2011 at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL.

Diageo's issued share capital at the latest practicable time before the date on which notice of meeting was given ('the Latest Practicable Date') was 2,503,994,684 ordinary shares carrying one vote each, excluding any ordinary shares held as treasury shares.

As at the Latest Practicable Date , the company held 250,006,411 treasury shares representing 10% of the company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at that date. As at the Latest Practicable Date the total number of voting rights in the company was, therefore, 2,503,994,684.

Resolution VOTES FOR %* VOTES AGAINST %* VOTES WITHHELD
Reports and accounts 2011 1,820,248,630 99.09% 16,632,493 0.91% 18,468,194
Directors’ remuneration report 2011 1,462,775,714 80.00% 365,773,869 20.00% 26,799,734
Declaration of final dividend 1,854,495,642 99.98% 284,075 0.02% 569,601
Re-election of PB Bruzelius as a director        1,809,178,804 97.98% 37,205,972 2.02% 8,943,981
Re-election of LM Danon as a director 1,849,461,098 99.72% 5,121,996 0.28% 748,073
Re-election of Lord Davies as a director 1,831,891,631 99.11% 16,381,789 0.89% 7,057,726
Re-election of BD Holden as a director 1,842,642,917 99.75% 4,573,119 0.25% 8,115,130
Re-election of Dr FB Humer as a director 1,837,117,258 99.06% 17,495,719 0.94% 736,041
Re-election of DA Mahlan as a director 1,846,627,550 99.57% 7,998,496 0.43% 722,574
Re-election of PG Scott as a director 1,842,981,220 99.71% 5,306,585 0.29% 7,060,802
Re-election of HT Stitzer as a director 1,850,827,753 99.80% 3,761,957 0.20% 759,296
Re-election of PS Walsh as a director 1,845,364,873 99.50% 9,276,287 0.50% 707,760
Re-appointment of auditor 1,836,622,693 99.51% 8,978,871 0.49% 9,747,753
Remuneration of auditor 1,850,741,193 99.81% 3,480,870 0.19% 1,127,205
Authority to allot shares 1,719,321,425 92.75% 134,473,724 7.25% 1,555,366
Disapplication of pre-emption rights 1,828,805,662 98.80% 22,181,247 1.20% 4,358,513
Authority to purchase own ordinary shares 1,838,372,683 99.49% 9,395,012 0.51% 7,579,643
Authority to make political donations and/or
to incur political expenditure in the EU
1,793,912,976 96.89% 57,530,027 3.11% 3,903,146
Reduced notice of a general meeting other
than an annual general meeting
1,671,535,592 90.15% 182,568,302 9.85% 1,237,188

* As a percentage of the aggregate of votes For plus votes Against (i.e. excluding votes Withheld).

**Resolutions passed other than those concerning ordinary business.

2011 AGM documents