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 2,754,221,154 ordinary shares of 28101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") with voting rights, which includes241,988,682Ordinary Shares held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 2,512,232,472andthis figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculationsby which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in,or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure andTransparency Rules. V CooperSenior Company Secretarial Assistant31 July 2014