Result of AGM

TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPHS 9.6.3(1) and 9.6.18 OF THE LISTING RULES Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that: 1. in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3(1), copies of the resolutions (other than those resolutions comprising ordinary business) passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting (`AGM') held on 18 September 2014 have been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do 2. voting on the resolutions put to the Company's AGM was as follows (all the resolutions were passed): RESOLUTION VOTES FOR %* VOTES %* VOTES AGAINST WITHELD 1) Report and 1,687,654,417 98.85% 19,579,184 1.15% 18,196,765Accounts 2) Directors 1,643,966,601 97.01% 50,619,135 2.99% 30,844,578Remuneration Report 3) Directors 1,663,866,061 97.47% 43,275,688 2.53% 18,288,488Remuneration policy** 4) Declaration of 1,720,749,983 99.97% 447,317 0.03% 4,232,873final dividend 5) Re-election of P 1,684,816,956 98.63% 23,416,625 1.37% 17,196,152B Bruzelius 6) Re-election of L 1,714,008,749 99.59% 7,000,260 0.41% 4,421,226M Danon 7) Re-election of 1,711,595,642 99.45% 9,421,755 0.55% 4,412,838Lord Davies 8) Re-election of 1,643,743,598 95.52% 77,142,639 4.48% 4,543,998Ho KwonPing 9) Re-election of B 1,708,478,204 99.27% 12,530,159 0.73% 4,421,949D Holden 10) Re-election of 1,713,538,330 99.57% 7,477,896 0.43% 4,414,091Dr F B Humer 11) Re-election of 1,714,384,207 99.61% 6,640,510 0.39% 4,405,595D Mahlan 12) Re-election of 1,720,266,183 99.96% 759,321 0.04% 4,405,258I Menezes 13) Re-election of 1,715,430,491 99.68% 5,584,871 0.32% 4,405,581P G Scott 14) Election of N S 1,715,345,952 99.67% 5,624,051 0.33% 4,460,109Mendelsohn 15) Election of A J 1,715,402,733 99.68% 5,572,772 0.32% 4,449,564H Stewart 16) Re-appointment 1,697,179,543 99.51% 8,310,998 0.49% 19,939,741of Auditor 17) Remuneration of 1,716,683,937 99.83% 2,881,832 0.17% 5,864,465auditor 18) Authority to 1,682,592,630 97.84% 37,072,189 2.16% 5,765,135allot shares 19) Disapplication 1,690,332,494 98.30% 29,264,613 1.70% 5,833,210of pre-emptionrights 20) Authority to 1,719,468,050 99.91% 1,486,477 0.09% 4,474,513purchase ownordinary shares 21) Authority to 1,672,041,493 97.25% 47,250,741 2.75% 6,137,190make politicaldonations and/or toincur politicalexpenditure in theEU** 22) Adoption of the 1,636,407,308 96.79% 54,236,833 3.21% 34,784,853Diageo 2014 longterm Incentive Plan** V Cooper Senior Company Secretarial Assistant 19 September 2014 Notes *As a percentage of the aggregate of votes For plus votes Against (excludingvotes Withheld).

**Resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business.