Total Voting Rights

TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: Paragraph 5.6.1 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules Diageo plc - Voting Rights and Capital In conformity with Paragraph 5.6.1 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules,Diageo plc (the "Company") would like to notify the market of the following: The Company's issued capital consists of 2,754,222,093 ordinary shares of 28101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") with voting rights, which includes241,924,998 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 2,512,297,095and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for thecalculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify theirinterest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA'sDisclosure and Transparency Rules. V Cooper Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

29 August 2014