0001654954-24-000587.txt : 20240116 0001654954-24-000587.hdr.sgml : 20240116 20240116113606 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001654954-24-000587 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240116 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240116 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240116 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DIAGEO PLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000835403 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BEVERAGES [2080] ORGANIZATION NAME: 04 Manufacturing IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10691 FILM NUMBER: 24534219 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: W1F 7HS BUSINESS PHONE: 020 7947 9100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: W1F 7HS FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GRAND METROPOLITAN PUBLIC LIMITED CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971218 6-K 1 a8630z.htm DIAGEO ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES a8630z

 
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
 
16 January 2024
 
Commission File Number:  001-10691
 
DIAGEO plc
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
 
16 Great Marlborough Street, London, United Kingdom, W1F 7HS  
(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  
 
 
 
 
Diageo PLC – Diageo announces settlement of disputes
Dated 16 January 2024
 
 
Diageo plc
LEI: 213800ZVIELEA55JMJ32
 
16 January 2024
 
Diageo announces settlement of disputes with Sean Combs and sole ownership of DeLeón tequila
 
 
Diageo announces that Sean Combs and Diageo have now agreed to resolve all disputes between them. Mr. Combs has withdrawn all of his allegations about Diageo and will voluntarily dismiss his lawsuits against Diageo with prejudice. Diageo and Mr. Combs have no ongoing business relationship, either with respect to Cîroc vodka or DeLeón tequila, which Diageo now solely owns.
 
 
ENDS
 
 
For further information please contact:
 
Media Relations:
 
 
Rebecca Perry
+44 (0) 7590 809 101
Kristen Crofoot
 
+1 (917) 445 2835
press@diageo.com
 
 
 
About Diageo
Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JeB and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cоroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.
 
Diageo is a global company, and our products are sold in nearly 180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEO). For more information about Diageo, our people, our brands, and performance, visit us at www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice.
 
Celebrating life, every day, everywhere
 
 
 
 
 
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: 16 January 2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:___/s/ James Edmunds
 
 
 
 
James Edmunds
 
 
Deputy Company Secretary