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 2,754,303,230 ordinary shares of 28101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") with voting rights, which includes239,811,331 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 2,514,491,899and 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. J FaheySenior Company Secretarial Assistant30 April 2015