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)
 
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, 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