Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Sep 30, 2025
Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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You may appoint a proxy electronically instead of using this form – see '2025 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 Chair of the meeting/the following person (see note 1 overleaf):
Name of proxy:
Number of ordinary shares appointed over (see note 2 overleaf):
Please tick here to indicate that this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made (see note 2 overleaf):
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, 6 November 2025 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. Please mark 'X' to indicate how you wish to vote.
| Ordinary resolutions | For | Against Withheld | For | Against Withheld | ||||
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| 1 | To receive the Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2025. |
11 | To re-appoint Sir John Manzoni as a director of the Company. |
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| 2 | To approve the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2025. |
12 | To re-appoint Ireena Vittal as a director of the Company. |
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| 3 | To declare a final dividend of 62.98 cents per ordinary share for the year ended |
13 | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company. |
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| 30 June 2025. | 14 | To authorise the Board to determine | ||||||
| 4 | To appoint John Rishton as a Director of the Company. |
the auditor's remuneration. | ||||||
| 15 | Authority to make political donations | |||||||
| 5 | To re-appoint Melissa Bethell as a Director | and/or to incur political expenditure. | ||||||
| of the Company. | 16 | Authority to allot shares. | ||||||
| 6 | To re-appoint Karen Blackett as a Director of the Company. |
17 | Adoption of the Diageo 2025 Share | |||||
| 7 | To re-appoint Julie Brown as a Director of the Company. |
Value Plan. | ||||||
| 18 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights.* | |||||||
| 8 | To re-appoint Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet as a Director of the Company. |
19 | Authority to purchase own ordinary shares.* | |||||
| 9 | To re-appoint Nik Jhangiani as a Director of the Company. |
20 | Adoption of new articles of association.* | |||||
| 10 To re-appoint Susan Kilsby as a Director of the Company. |
21 | Reduced notice of a general meeting other than an AGM.* |
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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 MUFG Corporate Markets by 2.30 pm on 4 November 2025.
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).
PLEASE NOTE:
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. Please note that delivery using this service can take up to five business days.
The Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of Diageo plc will be held at 2.30 pm on Thursday, 6 November 2025 at:
133 Houndsditch London EC3A 7DB
Registration will be open from 1:30 pm.
Please arrive at the venue in good time to facilitate registration.
Should it become necessary or appropriate to revise the current arrangements for the AGM, details of any such changes will be made available on www.diageo.com and via a stock exchange announcement, as required by our articles of association.
If you appoint a proxy, do not give this pass to your proxy.

On arrival at Convene at 133 Houndsditch, please proceed to the Reception desk in the lobby.
The nearest rail station is Liverpool Street station. From the rail station, follow the signs for 'Way out 2 - Bishopsgate East via Subway'. You will exit on the eastern side of Bishopsgate. Turn left onto Bishopsgate and then turn left onto Houndsditch. Convene at 133 Houndsditch is on the left.
For the underground Central, Circle, Elizabeth, Metropolitan or Hammersmith & City lines to Liverpool street station. When you exit the station, turn right onto Liverpool Street. Turn right onto Bishopsgate and then turn left onto Houndsditch. Convene at 133 Houndsditch is on the left.
For the underground Northern and Waterloo & City lines to Bank station. Take Exit 3 out of the station to Threadneedle Street, continue onto Bishopsgate and turn right onto Camomile Street. Follow Camomile Street to the left which will lead onto Houndsditch. Convene at 133 Houndsditch is on the left.
Buses 67, 254, N253, 115 and N551 to Aldgate Bus Station.
When you exit the station, turn left on Aldgate High Street and then turn right onto St Botolph Row walking past St Botolphs Aldgate. Turn left onto St Botolph Street and then turn right onto Houndsditch. Convene at 133 Houndsditch is on the right.
Car park: Nearest car park is Minories Car Park, an approximate 10 min / 0.5 mile walk from Convene at 133 Houndsditch.
The venue is accessible for shareholders with disabilities and an induction loop is available. Should further assistance be required on arrival, please speak to the Reception desk team in the lobby.
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