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Diageo PLC — AGM Information 2013
Sep 20, 2013
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AGM Information
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Company Number: 23307
THE COMPANIES ACT 2006
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
RESOLUTIONS (except resolutions comprising ordinary business)
of
Diageo plc
Passed on 19 September 2013
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the above-named Company duly convened and held at The Hilton London Paddington Hotel, 146 Praed Street, London W2 1EE on Thursday, 19 September 2013, the following Resolutions were duly passed:
ORDINARY RESOLUTION - Authority to make political donations and/or to incur political expenditure in the European Union ('EU')
On the proposal of the Chairman IT WAS RESOLVED as an ORDINARY RESOLUTION THAT, in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Act, the company and all companies that are at any time during the period for which this resolution has effect subsidiaries of the company be authorised to:
- a) make political donations (as defined in section 364 of the Act) to political parties (as defined in section 363 of the Act) or independent election candidates (as defined in section 363 of the Act), not exceeding £200,000 in total; and
- b) make political donations (as defined in section 364 of the Act) to political organisations other than political parties (as defined in section 363 of the Act) not exceeding £200,000
- c) incur political expenditure (as defined in section 365 of the Act) not exceeding £200,000
in each case during the period beginning with the date of passing this resolution and ending at the end of next year's AGM or on 18 December 2014, whichever is the sooner, and provided that the aggregate amount of political donations and political expenditure so made and incurred by the company and its subsidiaries pursuant to this resolution shall not exceed
SPECIAL RESOLUTION - Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an annual
On the proposal of the Chairman IT WAS RESOLVED as a SPECIAL RESOLUTION THAT a general meeting of the company, other than an AGM, may be called on not less than 14
Certified a true copy
rehol J NICHOL
Deputy Company Secretary Diageo plc