Subsidiary Annual Financial Statements

TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 9.6.3 OF THE LISTING RULES Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that, in accordance with paragraph 9.6.3of the Listing Rules, a copy of the financial statements for Diageo CapitalB.V., Diageo Capital plc, Diageo Finance B.V., Diageo Finance plc and DiageoInvestment Corporation for the year ended 30 June 2014 have been uploaded tothe National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection atwww.Hemscott.com/nsm.do. J FaheySenior Company Secretarial Assistant

19 December 2014