31st Aug 2017 14:39
TO: | Regulatory Information Service
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RE: | Paragraph 5.6.1 of the Disclosure Guidelines and Transparency Rules |
Diageo plc - Voting Rights and Capital
In conformity with Paragraph 5.6.1 of the Disclosure Guidelines and Transparency Rules, Diageo plc (the "Company") would like to notify the market of the following:
The Company's issued capital as at 31 August 2017 consisted of 2,754,501,346 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), with voting rights. 235,576,134 Ordinary Shares were held in Treasury, in respect of which, voting rights were not exercised.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company was 2,518,925,212 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by 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 Guidelines and Transparency Rules.
31 August 2017
Jonathan GuttridgeCompany Secretarial AssistantDiageo plc
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