UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
(Mark One)
☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period ____________ to ___________
Commission File Number 001-10691
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
Lakeside Drive
Park Royal
London NW10 7HQ
England
DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
December 31, 2025 and 2024
(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Thereon)
DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Table of Contents
Other supplemental schedules required by Section 2520.103.10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended, have been omitted because they are not required or are not applicable.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Administrator and Plan Participants of Diageo North America, Inc. Savings Plan
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Diageo North America, Inc. Savings Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2025, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2025 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Supplemental Information
The supplemental Schedule H, line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2025 (“supplemental schedule”) has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental schedule reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental schedule. In forming our opinion on the supplemental schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental schedule, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental schedule is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
June 25, 2026
We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2016.
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | |
| 300 Madison Avenue | |
| New York, New York 10017 | |
| www.pwc.com/us | (646) 471 3000 |
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DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
December 31, 2025 and 2024
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||
| Plan’s interest in the Diageo North America, Inc. Master Trust, at fair value | $ | $ | ||||||
| Notes receivable from participants | ||||||||
| Net assets available for benefits | $ | $ | ||||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Year Ended December 31, 2025
| Additions to net assets attributed to: | ||||
| Interest on notes receivable from participants | $ | |||
| Participant contributions | ||||
| Rollover contributions | ||||
| Plan’s interest in the Diageo North America, Inc. Master Trust investment gain | ||||
| Total additions | ||||
| Deductions from net assets attributed to: | ||||
| Benefits paid to participants | ||||
| Administrative fees | ||||
| Total deductions | ||||
| Net increase | ||||
| Transfer from other plans | ||||
| Net assets available for benefits: | ||||
| Beginning of year | ||||
| End of year | $ | |||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
| (1) | Plan Description |
The following description of the Diageo North America, Inc. Savings Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
| (a) | General |
The Plan is a defined contribution plan sponsored by Diageo North America, Inc. (the “Company”, “Diageo” or “Plan Sponsor”). It is intended that the Plan and its underlying trust be qualified and exempt under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended from time to time, and meet the requirements of Section 401(k) of the Code. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”).
| (b) | Eligibility |
Employees of the Company, as defined in the Plan document, are immediately eligible to participate as soon as they have attained the age of 21.
| (c) | Contributions |
Participants
may contribute annually from
All employees who are eligible to contribute under the Plan, and who have attained age 50 or older before the close of the Plan year, are eligible to make catch-up contributions in accordance with Code Section 414(v). Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified retirement plans.
Effective January 1, 2003, the Plan terminated Company contributions. Nonvested Company contributions are used to pay Plan expenses.
| (d) | Participant Accounts |
Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, an allocation of the Plan’s investment earnings or losses, and charged with administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined by the Plan document. The participant is entitled to their vested account balance upon termination, death, retirement, or disability under the Company’s Long-Term Disability Plan.
| (e) | Vesting |
Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings or losses thereon.
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DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
| (f) | Notes Receivable from Participants |
Participants may borrow from their
accounts a minimum of $
| (g) | Payment of Benefits |
Distributions from the Plan are eligible to be paid upon retirement, attainment of age 59½, hardship, termination of employment, death, or disability under the Company’s Long-Term Disability Plan.
If a participant’s account balance
is greater than $
If a terminated participant’s
account balance is greater than $
If the participant’s account
balance is $
Upon the death of a participant,
the designated beneficiary, or the participant’s estate if no beneficiary is designated, is entitled to
| (h) | Forfeited Accounts |
Unallocated forfeitures as of
December 31, 2025 and 2024, amounted to $
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DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
| (2) | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
| (a) | Basis of Accounting |
The financial statements of the Plan are prepared in compliance with the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under ERISA and under the accrual method of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
| (b) | Use of Estimates |
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
| (c) | Notes Receivable from Participants |
Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent notes receivable from participants are reclassified as benefits paid based upon the terms of the Plan document.
| (d) | Administrative Expenses |
Expenses reasonably incurred in the administration of the Plan are paid by the Plan. Certain costs of establishing and administering the Plan have been paid by the Plan Sponsor and, accordingly, are not included as administrative expenses of the Plan.
| (e) | Benefit Payments |
Benefit payments to participants are recorded when paid.
| (3) | Investment in Master Trust |
The Plan’s investments are held in the Diageo North America, Inc. Master Trust (“Master Trust”), which was established for the Plan and another Company sponsored defined contribution plan. Each defined contribution plan has a divided interest in the Master Trust. The assets of the Master Trust are held by Fidelity Management Trust Company (the “Trustee”). Investment income (loss) and administrative expenses relating to the Master Trust are allocated to the individual defined contribution plans based upon balances invested by each plan.
| (4) | Master Trust Financial Information |
The Plan’s specific interest in the Master Trust is credited or charged for contributions, transfers and benefit payments relating to its participants. Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments and income (loss) from investments are allocated to the Plan based on the Plan’s specific interest in the net assets of the Master Trust.
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DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
The following table presents the fair values of investments and other assets and liabilities of the Master Trust, and the Plan’s interest in the Master Trust, as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:
| December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Plan’s Interest | Plan’s Interest | |||||||||||||||
| Master
Trust Balances | in
Master Trust Balances | Master
Trust Balances | in
Master Trust Balances | |||||||||||||
| Investments at fair value: | ||||||||||||||||
| Mutual funds | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Diageo common stock fund | ||||||||||||||||
| Money market funds | ||||||||||||||||
| Master Trust Net Assets, at fair value | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Investment income of the Master Trust for the year ended December 31, 2025 is as follows:
| Net appreciation in fair value of investments | $ | |||
| Interest and dividends | ||||
| Total investment income | $ |
| (5) | Master Trust Investment Valuation and Income Recognition |
Investments in the Master Trust are reported at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
The Master Trust follows the fair value measurement guidance presented by GAAP for financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities. This guidance defines fair value and provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
| Level 1 | Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access. |
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DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
| Level 2 | Inputs to the valuation methodology include: |
| ● | Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; |
| ● | Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets; |
| ● | Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; |
| ● | Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. |
If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
| Level 3 | Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement. |
The asset or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2025 and 2024.
Mutual funds: These investments are public investment vehicles valued using the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) provided by the administrator of the fund. The NAV is based on the value of the underlying assets owned by the fund, minus its liabilities, and then divided by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV is a quoted price in an active market.
Money market funds: Valued at the NAV of shares held by the Master Trust at year end.
Diageo common stock fund: Represents a unitized employer stock fund and it is comprised of the Company’s ADRs and a short term cash component valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded.
The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.
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DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Master Trust’s assets at fair value:
| Master Trust assets at fair value as of December 31, 2025 | ||||||||
| Level 1 | Total | |||||||
| Mutual funds | $ | $ | ||||||
| Money market funds | ||||||||
| Diageo common stock fund | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
| Master Trust assets at fair value as of December 31, 2024 | ||||||||
| Level 1 | Total | |||||||
| Mutual funds | $ | $ | ||||||
| Money market funds | ||||||||
| Diageo common stock fund | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest is recorded on the accrual basis. Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments includes the Plan’s gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.
The availability of observable market data is monitored to assess the appropriate classification of financial instruments within the fair value hierarchy. Changes in economic conditions or model-based valuation techniques may require the transfer of financial instruments from one fair value level to another.
The Plan evaluated the significance of transfers between levels based on the nature of the financial instruments and size of the transfer relative to total net assets available for benefits. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3.
| (6) | Risks and Uncertainties |
The Plan invests in various investment securities which are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Market risks include global events which could impact the value of investment securities, such as inflation, a pandemic or international conflict. Due to the level of risk associated with these securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in their values will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ accounts balances and the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.
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DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
| (7) | Related-Party and Party-In-Interest Transactions |
Certain Plan investments that
include mutual funds and money market funds are managed by Fidelity Management & Research through the Master Trust. Fidelity Management
& Research is related to the Trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, transactions involving these investments qualify as party-in-interest
transactions. Fees incurred from related parties by the Plan amounted to $
The Plan’s investments include
ADR shares of Diageo plc through the Master Trust. Diageo plc is the parent company of the Plan Sponsor and, therefore, transactions
involving this investment qualify as party-in-interest transactions. At the Master Trust during 2025, this investment earned dividends
of $
Notes receivable from participants also qualify as party-in-interest transactions.
| (8) | Plan Termination |
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan document to terminate the Plan, subject to the provisions of ERISA.
| (9) | Tax Status |
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated September 13, 2022 that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Code. The Plan Sponsor and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The Plan Sponsor has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress.
| (10) | Subsequent Events |
In preparing the financial statements, management of the Plan has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through June 25, 2026, the date that the financial statements were available to be issued, and noted no subsequent events requiring disclosure.
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DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
Schedule H, Line 4(i) – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2025
| Identity of issue | Description of investment including maturity date and rate of interest | Cost | Current value | ||||||
| $ | |||||||||
| * | $ | ||||||||
| * |
| ** |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Employee Benefits Administration Committee of Diageo North America, Inc. has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Diageo North America, Inc. Savings Plan | ||
| Date: June 25, 2026 | By: | /s/ Kyle Gibb |
| Name: | Kyle Gibb | |
| Title: | Benefits Director | |
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EXHIBITS
The following Exhibit is being filed with this Annual Report on Form 11-K:
| Exhibit Number |
Exhibit | |
| 23 | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | |
| 101 | Interactive Data Files Pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T, formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, (ii) Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2025, (iii) Notes to Financial Statements and (iv) Schedule H, Line 4(i)-Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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