Become a Member
  • Track your favourite stocks
  • Create & monitor portfolios
  • Daily portfolio value
Sign Up
Quickpicks
Add shares to your
quickpicks to
display them here!

Result of Annual General Meeting

6th Nov 2026 10:48

RNS Number : 1818C
Diageo PLC
06 November 2026
 

Diageo Plc

LEI: 213800ZVIELEA55JMJ32

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

At the Annual General Meeting of Diageo plc held on 5 November 2026 (the “AGM”), all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026 were passed.

 

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

 

 

*Special Resolutions

VOTES FOR

% FOR

VOTES AGAINST

% AGAINST

VOTES WITHHELD

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED

1)     

Report and accounts 2026

1,757,351,648

99.18

14,499,702

0.82

7,840,206.00

1,771,851,350

2)     

Directors' remuneration report 2026

1,742,072,493

97.92

36,986,700

2.08

883,013.00

1,779,059,193

3)

Directors' remuneration policy

1,714,803,894

96.57

60,948,858

3.43

4,197,022.00

1,775,752,752

4)  

Declaration of final dividend

1,777,567,713

99.91

1,568,116

0.09

556,413.00

1,779,135,829

5)

Appointment of Sir Dave Lewis as a director

1,768,844,901

99.43

10,174,311

0.57

618,326.00

1,779,019,212

6)     

Appointment of R. Alexandra ('Alex') Keith as a director

1,775,012,235

99.79

3,692,686

0.21

937,945.00

1,778,704,921

7)     

Re-appointment of Melissa Bethell as a director

1,771,870,667

99.62

6,821,466

0.38

965,677.00

1,778,692,133

8)     

Re-appointment of Karen Blackett as a director

1,773,083,366

99.68

5,629,751

0.32

940,801.00

1,778,713,117

9)     

Re-appointment of Julie Brown as a director

1,774,010,960

99.74

4,568,305

0.26

946,825.00

1,778,579,265

10)  

Re-appointment of Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet as a director

1,772,980,481

99.68

5,695,588

0.32

975,613.00

1,778,676,069

11)   

Re-appointment of Nik Jhangiani as a director

1,763,630,741

99.21

14,106,923

0.79

1,851,690.00

1,777,737,664

12)  

Re-appointment of Susan Kilsby as a director

1,734,217,995

97.50

44,443,786

2.50

947,829.00

1,778,661,781

13)

Re-appointment of Sir John Manzoni as a director

1,700,983,724

95.63

77,739,834

4.37

866,620.00

1,778,723,558

14)

Re-appointment of John Rishton as a director

1,776,148,013

99.86

2,492,192

0.14

951,137.00

1,778,640,205

15)

Re-appointment of Ireena Vittal as a director

1,765,468,759

99.26

13,178,889

0.74

942,506.00

1,778,647,648

16)

Re-appointment of Auditor

 

1,704,007,223

95.78

75,035,807

4.22

632,884.00

1,779,043,030

17)

Remuneration of Auditor

1,755,418,240

98.66

23,761,850

1.34

605,516.00

1,779,180,090

18)

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

1,715,928,643

96.89

55,053,490

3.11

8,703,577.00

1,770,982,133

19)

Authority to allot shares

1,657,239,610

93.16

121,583,913

6.84

824,887.00

1,778,823,523

20)

Amendment of the Diageo 2023 Long Term Incentive Plan

1,716,829,209

96.53

61,759,532

3.47

1,099,477.00

1,778,588,741

21)

Disapplication of pre-emption rights*

1,688,777,821

95.18

85,589,771

4.82

5,303,058.00

1,774,367,592

22)

Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights*

1,614,563,623

90.80

163,609,260

9.20

1,500,851.00

1,778,172,883

23)

Authority to purchase own ordinary shares*

1,773,824,101

99.83

3,102,158

0.17

2,545,759.00

1,776,926,259

24)

Adoption of new articles of association*

1,760,341,256

98.99

17,963,821

1.01

1,166,533.00

1,778,305,077

25)

Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an AGM*

1,696,070,489

95.36

82,444,071

4.64

934,578.00

1,778,514,560

 

On 3 November 2026, there were 2,227,591,734 ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) in issue. In accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2R, 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

6 November 2026

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.rns.com.RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 
RAGAKABQKBDDADK

Related Shares:

Diageo
FTSE 100 Latest
Value10,863.09
Change27.62