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
20 September 2019
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)
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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 | ||
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 to 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 |
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
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: 20 September 2019 | |
By:___/s/ James Edmunds | |
James Edmunds | |
Deputy Company Secretary |