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Diageo Plc.

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Market Cap:$43.7B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$15.7B
  • Public
  • UK
Dow Jones Description

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, wine and beer categories. These brands include: Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Captain Morgan, Baileys, J&B, José Cuervo, Tanqueray, Guinness, Crown Royal, Beaulieu Vineyard and Sterling Vineyards wines, and Bushmills Irish whiskey. Diageo is a global company, trading in over 180 markets around the world. The company is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEO). We employ over 22,000 talented people worldwide with offices in around 80 countries. We have manufacturing facilities across the globe including Great Britain, Ireland, United States, Canada, Spain, Italy, Africa, Latin America, Australia, India and the Caribbean. Diageo was formed in 1997, following the merger of GrandMet and Guinness, and is headquartered in London. The word Diageo comes from the Latin for day (dia) and the Greek for world (geo). We take this to mean every day, everywhere, people celebrate with our brands. Our brands offer consumers a variety of ways to mark big events in their lives and brighten small ones.

Number of Employees 23,908
Contact Information

8 Henrietta Pl

London W1G 0NB

www.diageo.co.u...

(44) 2079275200

NAICS Code Wineries: 312130

Recent Events

  • Diageo Signs Long Term Agreement With Wirtz Beverage Group To Distribute Diageo Wine And Spirits...

    12/02/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Get Ready for the Fall?

    11/09/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Barclays Initiates Coverage on Diageo plc DEO with an Underweight

    11/04/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Diageo Names Maggie Lapcewich President Of Global Tequila - Quick Facts

    10/13/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - President - View Story

  • Diageo Looks Cheap

    10/13/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • MARKET COMMENT: London Stocks Close Higher As Miners Climb

    10/14/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-ING cuts Pernod Ricard to sell

    9/28/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Diageo interested in Moet stake at right price

    8/27/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • UPDATE 2-Diageo earnings rise 10 pct, trims profit target

    8/27/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • Diageo Issues a Cautious Outlook

    8/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • UPDATE: United Spirits Ends Stake Sale Talks With Diageo

    8/25/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Bernanke's Exit Strategy

    7/21/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Diageo Announces New Leader in Asia-Pacific

    7/02/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - President - View Story

  • Diageo Acquires Premium Cocktail Mixer Company Stirrings, LLC

    6/17/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Greystone Logistics, Inc. to Provide Plastic Pallets to Diageo

    6/09/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

News & Analysis

diageo plc. and lvmh inc. - All News and Analysis

  • Diageo alliance with Mot Hennessy loses its fizz

    - 2005-03-27

    UNCERTAINTY this weekend surrounds the future of the global drinks alliance between Diageo and Moet Hennessy, the drinks arm of Parisbased luxury goods group LVMH, in which Diageo holds a 34-per cent stake. The French and UK drinks companies have already severed their ties in the US and...

    Tags: Diageo Plc., LVMH Inc.

  • Cognac threat to Diageo deal

    - 2000-07-23

    DIAGEO'S lucrative distribution deal with French luxury products group LVMH is to come under threat if it pursues its interest in the spirits brands put up for sale by Seagram. Diageo is believed to be keen to acquire several marks that have become available, following last month's...

    Tags: Diageo Plc., LVMH Inc., Seagram

  • LVMH sells half its stake in Diageo for pounds 736m

    - 2000-05-17

    LVMH, THE luxury goods company that owns Moet & Chandon champagne and the Christian Dior fashion line, yesterday more than halved its stake in Diageo, the Guinness to Pillsbury dough group, netting pounds 730m in one of the biggest UK placements in recent years. The Paris-based firm...

    Tags: Diageo Plc., LVMH Inc.

  • LVMH to sell Diageo stake

    - 1999-09-18

    LVMH to sell Diageo stake MOET HENNESSY Louis Vuitton, LVMH, the French luxury goods group, has confirmed it does not plan on keeping a stake in British food and drinks group Diageo for the long-term. "If we are sellers, we'll wait for Diageo's share price to go back...

    Tags: Diageo Plc., LVMH Inc.

  • French Billionaire to Hold Stake in Global Food Firm.

    - 1999-04-23

    Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 21 -- Bernard Arnault, chairman of French luxury goods group LVMH, intends to keep his UKpound 1.4 billion stake in Diageo until the share price moves up by between 25 percent and 30 percent. Shares in the...

    Tags: Diageo Plc., LVMH Inc.

  • French Luxury Goods Tycoon to Help Finance Bid for Gucci.

    - 1999-03-26

    Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 27 -- French luxury goods tycoon Bernard Arnault cashed in UKpound 1 billion worth of Diageo shares to help finance his UKpound 3 billion bid for the Gucci fashion house. His chance came when Diageo sent stockbroker...

    Tags: Diageo Plc., LVMH Inc.

  • Market Report: Fun and games mark the end of '98

    - 1998-12-31

    TRADING MAY have been thin but the stock market indulged in some unusual fun and games in a final, mad 30 minutes on the last trading day of the year. Footsie was down 98.7 points at mid-day. Just 12 minutes later the fall had been extended to 132.5...

    Tags: Diageo Plc., LVMH Inc., Rexam Plc.

  • Arnault quits Diageo board

    - 1998-12-31

    THE ANNOUNCEMENT yesterday by Bernard Arnault, chairman of Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton LVMH, that he was resigning from the board of Diageo prompted a flurry of speculation that the French luxury goods group would now cut its 11 per cent stake in the British food and drinks giant. ...

    Tags: Diageo Plc., LVMH Inc.

  • Hot gossip fails to warm up shares

    - 1998-12-16

    DIAGEO, the wine and spirits giant, had a hungover look as worries grew that LVMH, the French luxury goods group, was planning another cut in its shareholding. Bernard Arnault, the Paris-based financier who created the sprawling LVMH empire, has in the past sold off shares in the drinks...

    Tags: Diageo Plc., LVMH Inc.

  • Diageo stalks LVMH brand

    - 1997-11-09

    Diageo Plc, the merged Grand Metropolitan and Guinness business, wants to buy LVMH's best-selling cognac Hennessy - provided the price and time are right - in a bid to bolster Diageo's position as the world's biggest liquor company. John McGrath, who will be Diageo's chief executive, said selling...

    Tags: Diageo Plc., LVMH Inc.

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Paul S. Walsh CEO
Andrew Morgan President, Europe
Robert M. Malcolm President, Global Marketing & Sales & Innovation
Stuart R. Fletcher President, Diageo International
Nicholas C. Rose CFO
Andy Fennell Director, Marketing Innovation
Catherine James Director, Investor Relations
Gareth Williams Director of HR
Graham Penter Director, Marketing
Ian Wright Director, Corp Communications
James N.D. Grover Director, Global Business Support
Kelly Padgett Manager, Investor Relations
Clare Fleerackers Head, Brand Communications
Isabelle Thomas Head, Corp Media Relations
Philip Gladman Head, Innovation
Sean Jefferson Head, Global Sponsorship Marketing
Susanne Bunn Secretary
Timothy D. Proctor General Counsel
Yvonne Harrison Corp Info Officer

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Franz B. Humer Chairman
James Blyth Chairman
Clive R. Hollick Board of Directors
H. Todd Stitzer Board of Directors
Laurence Danon Board of Directors
Maria Lilja Board of Directors
Paul A. Walker Board of Directors
Philip Scott Board of Directors
Todd Stitzer Board of Directors
William Shanahan Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards CEO Current
Diageo plc CEO Current
Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards Chief Executive Current
Federal Express Corporation Non-Executive Director Current
Henley Management College Chairman Current
Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards Chair Current
Centrica Plc Board of Directors Current
FedEx Corporation Board of Directors Current
Diageo plc Board of Directors Current
Pillsbury Chief Executive Officer Former
Pillsbury Division Chief Former
Henley Management College Governor Former
Manchester University Former

Organization Position Status
Diageo plc President, Europe Current

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Diageo plc President, Global Marketing & Sales & Innovation Current

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Diageo plc President, Diageo International Current

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Diageo plc CFO Current
Scottish Power plc Board of Directors Current
Diageo plc Board of Directors Current
Diageo plc Finance Director Former

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Diageo plc Director, Marketing Innovation Current
Diageo plc Director, Marketing Innovation Former

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Diageo plc Director, Investor Relations Current
Diageo plc Director, Investor Relations Former

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Diageo plc Director of HR Current
Diageo plc Board of Directors Former

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Diageo plc Director, Marketing Current
Diageo plc Director, Marketing Former

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Diageo plc Director, Corp Communications Current
Diageo plc Director, Corp Communications Former

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Diageo plc Director, Global Business Support Current
Diageo plc Director, Global Business Support Former
Diageo plc Board of Directors Former

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Diageo plc Manager, Investor Relations Current

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Diageo plc Head, Brand Communications Current

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Diageo plc Head, Corp Media Relations Current

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Diageo plc Head, Innovation Current

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Diageo plc Head, Global Sponsorship Marketing Current

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Diageo plc Secretary Current

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Diageo plc General Counsel Current
Wachovia Corporation Board of Directors Former

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Diageo plc Corp Info Officer Current

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Diageo plc Chairman Current
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Roche Holding Ltd. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Former
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Former
GlaxoSmithKline Plc Chief Operating Director Former
INSEAD Chairman Former
Roche Holding Ltd. Board of Directors Former
University of Innsbruck J.D. Former
INSEAD M.B.A. Former

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Diageo plc Board of Directors Current
Honeywell International Inc. Board of Directors Current
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Diageo plc Board of Directors Current
Plastic Omnium Board of Directors Current
Printemps President and CEO Former

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Diageo plc Board of Directors Current

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Diageo plc Board of Directors Current
Airtours Former

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Diageo plc Board of Directors Current
Aviva plc Board of Directors Current
Aviva plc Group Chief Executive Former

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Cadbury plc Chief Executive Officer Current
Diageo plc Board of Directors Current
Cadbury plc Board of Directors Current
Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. CEO Former
Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. President Former
Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. Chief Strategy Officer Former
Cadbury Schweppes plc Assistant General Counsel, North America Former
Harvard Corporation Former
Cadbury Schweppes plc Board of Directors Former

William R. Shanahan, Jr., M.D., J.D., has served as our Vice President and Chief Medical Officer since March 2004. From August 2000 to March 2004, Dr. Shanahan served as Chief Medical Officer for Tanox, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. From October 1994 to August 2000, Dr. Shanahan held various positions at Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, most recently as Vice President, Drug Development. From 1989 to 1994, Dr. Shanahan served as Director, Clinical Research for Pfizer Central Research, a pharmaceutical company. From 1986 to 1989, Dr. Shanahan held various positions at Searle Research & Development, a pharmaceutical company subsequently acquired by Pfizer, most recently as Director, Clinical Research. Dr. Shanahan holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College, an M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco and a J.D. from Loyola University, Chicago.

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Resgen Inc. Board of Directors Current
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Inc Board of Directors Current
Microseq Board of Directors Current
Merchant Advisory Group (Mag) Committee Member Current
Colgate-Palmolive Company President Former
Tanox, Inc. Chief Medical Officer Former
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Vice President Former
Pfizer Inc. Director Former
The University of California, San Francisco M.D. Former
Loyola University J.D. Former
University of California, San Francisco M.D. Former
Dartmouth College Bachelor of Arts Degree In Geography Former

Executive News

  • Diageo: Better Trading Opportunities Abound Elsewhere

    Seeking Alpha - 8/30/09 - View Story

  • Diageo Issues a Cautious Outlook

    The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition - 8/29/09 - View Story

  • Diageo net rises 7pc on discount liquors, US sales

    South China Morning Post - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Diageo cuts target as sees recovery only by 2010

    Shanghai Daily - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • 2nd UPDATE: Diageo Sees Slower Profit Growth Amid Uncertainty

    Morningstar.com - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Diageo full year net profit up 7 pct

    San Jose Mercury News - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Diageo full year net profit up 7 pct

    Washington Post - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Diageo interested in Moet stake at right price

    Forbes.com - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • UPDATE 4-Diageo cuts target as sees recovery only by 2010

    Reuters - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Diageo interested in Moet stake at right price

    Reuters - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Diageo Holds Out For Growth

    Forbes.com - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Real Estate Rebound? Not So Fast

    Smart Money - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Diageo sees 'challenging' year ahead; profit up 7%

    Investors Business Daily - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Real Estate Rebound? Not So Fast (Market Update)

    Smart Money - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Drinks giant Diageo sees 'challenging' year ahead

    Marketwatch - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Spirits maker Diageo full year net profit up 7 pct

    Seattle Times - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Spirits maker Diageo full year net profit up 7 pct

    Washington Post - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Diageo profit up 7%; sees 'challenging' year ahead

    Investors Business Daily - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • UPDATE 2-Diageo earnings rise 10 pct, trims profit target

    Reuters - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • CMOs: In Good Company

    Forbes.com - 8/18/09 - View Story

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DEO $69.85 +1.27 (1.85% )
Volume 84,388
Shares Outstanding 625.8M
Market Cap 43.7B
Year High 69.73
Year Low 40.93
Earnings Per Share 4.68
P/E Ratio 14.9252
Dividend 2.2374
Yield 3.20
IndustryTop Rated

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