Managing your ordinary shareholding Investors

As an ordinary shareholder, you can manage your shareholding online through our Share Portal – reducing the need for paperwork and providing free, secure, 24 hour online access for your convenience.

The Share Portal enables you to:

view your shareholding
update dividend mandate bank instructions
elect to receive your dividend in US dollars
update your home address
join the Dividend Reinvestment Plan
arrange dividend payments in local currency via our International Payment Service
view transaction and dividend payment history
access dividend confirmations
choose to receive important shareholder communications by email
download useful forms.

Visit the Share Portal to register or sign in. Our FAQs page has more information about how to manage your shareholding.

Buying/selling shares

We offer an easy and low-cost dealing service through the MUFG Corporate Markets Share Dealing Services (formerly Link Group) to residents in the European Economic Area. Visit https://sharedeal.cm.mpms.mufg.com/clients/diageo-shareholders/ for more information on the service. You can also sell shares over the telephone by calling MUFG on +44 (0) 371 277 1010 between 8am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).

Alternatively, you can buy or sell Diageo shares through any bank or stockbroker of your choice.

Transferring shares

Share transfers can usually be done without using a bank or stockbroker if both the transferor and transferee agree. This is an “off market” transfer and is generally used when there is no stamp duty payable on the transfer (for example, when the shareholder is gifting shares to a relative or charity).

If you would like to transfer shares, please contact our Registrar, MUFG Corporate Markets.

Changes in personal circumstances

You should advise our Registrar, MUFG Corporate Markets, of any of the following:

Change of name.
Please contact our Registrar, MUFG Corporate Markets, on the contact details available on our Investor contacts page.
If a shareholder dies.
For information on how to register the death of a shareholder, please visit the MUFG Corporate Markets Bereavement Services website.