Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Aug 25, 2023
Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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You may appoint a proxy electronically instead of using this form – see '2023 Annual General Meeting' on the home page of the company's website (www.diageo.com).
I/We being a member/members of Diageo plc hereby appoint the Chairman of the meeting/the following person (see note 1 below):
Name of proxy: Number of ordinary shares appointed over (see note 2 below):
Please tick here to indicate that this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made (see note 2 below):
as my/our proxy to attend, speak and vote for me/us on my/our behalf as indicated in the boxes below at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the company to be held on Thursday, 28 September 2023 at 2.30 pm and at any adjournment thereof. If no indication is given, I/we authorise my/our proxy to vote, or abstain from voting, at their discretion on the resolutions or on any other business (including amendments to resolutions) which may come before the AGM.
An explanation of the resolutions is given in the Notice of AGM. The numbers in brackets after Directors' names denote membership of Board and other committees as follows: 1: Audit 2: Executive 3: Nomination and 4: Remuneration.
* chairman of committee
| Ordinary resolutions | For | Against Withheld | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Report and accounts 2023 | |||
| 2. Directors' remuneration report 2023 | ||||
| 3. Directors' remuneration policy 2023 | ||||
| 4. Adoption of the Diageo 2023 Long term Incentive Plan | ||||
| 5. Declaration of final dividend | ||||
| 6. Appointment of Debra Crew (2*) as a Director | ||||
| 7. | Re-appointment of Javier Ferrán (3*) as a Director | |||
| 8. Re-appointment of Lavanya Chandrashekar (2) as a Director | ||||
| 9. Re-appointment of Susan Kilsby (1,3,4*) as a Director | ||||
| 10. Re-appointment of Melissa Bethell (1,3,4) as a Director | ||||
| 11. Re-appointment of Karen Blackett (1,3,4)as a Director | ||||
| 12. Re-appointment of Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet (1,3,4) | ||||
| as a Director | ||||
| 13. Re-appointment of Sir John Manzoni (1,3,4) as a Director | ||||
| 14. Re-appointment of Alan Stewart (1*,3,4) as a Director | ||||
| 15. Re-appointment of Ireena Vittal (1,3,4) as a Director | ||||
| 16. Re-appointment of auditor | ||||
| 17. Remuneration of auditor | ||||
| 18. Authority to make political donations and/or to incur | ||||
| political expenditure | ||||
| 19. Authority to allot shares | ||||
| Special resolutions | ||||
| 20. Disapplication of pre-emption rights | ||||
| 21. Authority to purchase own ordinary shares | ||||
| 22. Adoption of new articles of association | ||||
| 23. Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an AGM | ||||
Signature Date
To be valid, this completed proxy form (together with any power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority) must reach Link Group by 2.30 pm on Tuesday, 26 September 2023.
Any Letters of Direction must reach the Registrar by 2.30 pm on Thursday, 21 September 2023.
Please affix the required postage if you are returning this form from outside the UK or you are posting a copy printed from the company's website (www.diageo.com).
You may, if you prefer, return the proxy form in a sealed envelope. Postage in the UK will be paid by the company if you address the envelope to: FREEPOST PXS 1, Link Group, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL, UK. Please note that delivery using this service can take up to five business days.
As a Diageo Employee Share Plan participant, I appoint and direct the respective Trustee to vote for me on any poll at the AGM and at any adjournment thereof.
Please tick this box if you are a Diageo Employee Share Plan participant:
As a holder of shares in the Sharestore, I appoint and direct the Sharestore nominee to vote for me on any poll at the AGM and at any adjournment thereof.
Please tick this box if you are a holder of shares in the Sharestore:
If you are a person described in (A) and/or (B) and/or (C), please indicate your voting instructions with an 'X' in the boxes below. If you are a member appointing a proxy and do not indicate how your proxy is to vote, your proxy will decide how votes are cast, whether or not to abstain from voting and how to act in relation to other business transacted at the AGM. If you are a participant in a Diageo Employee Share Plan or a holder of shares in the Sharestore and do not indicate how you wish your votes to be cast, they will not be counted.
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