UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 2012
Commission File Number: 001-10691
DIAGEO plc
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Lakeside Drive, Park Royal, London NW10 7HQ
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F .......X..... Form 40-F ..........
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ..................
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List identifying information required to be furnished
by Diageo plc pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
The Securities Exchange Act 1934
1 – 30 April 2012
| Information | Required by/when |
| Public Announcements/Press | The Stock Exchange, London |
Announcement Company releases shares from treasury to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. (02 April 2012) |
Announcement Mr Schwartz, a PDMR, informs the Company of his beneficial interests. (20 April 2012) | |
Announcement Company releases shares from treasury to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. (04 April 2012) |
Announcement Company releases shares from treasury to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. (23 April 2012) | |
Announcement Company releases shares from treasury to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. (05 April 2012) |
Announcement Company notified of transactions in respect of the US Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Ms Mahlan and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (“PDMRs”) inform the Company of their interests therein. (23 April 2012) | |
Announcement Company notified of transactions in respect of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan and Mr Walsh, Ms Mahlan and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (“PDMRs”) inform the Company of their interests therein. Dr Humer informs the Company of his beneficial interests. (10 April 2012) |
Announcement Company releases shares from treasury to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. (25 April 2012) | |
Announcement Company releases shares from treasury to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. (11 April 2012) |
Announcement Company announces completion of Mandatory Tender Offer for the outstanding shares in Chinese White Spirits Company Sichuan Shuijingfang. (25 April 2012 | |
Announcement Dr Humer informs the Company of his beneficial interests. (13 April 2012) |
Announcement Company releases shares from treasury to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. (27 April 2012) | |
Announcement Company releases shares from treasury to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. (13 April 2012) |
Announcement Company releases shares from treasury to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. (30 April 2012) | |
Announcement Company releases shares from treasury to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. (18 April 2012) |
Announcement Company announces total voting rights. (30 April 2012) | |
Announcement Company releases shares from treasury to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. (20 April 2012) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
| Diageo plc | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Date: 4 May 2012 | By: | /s/ J Nicholls |
| Name: | J Nicholls | |
| Title: | Deputy Company Secretary | |
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Transaction in Own Shares |
| Released | 14:06 02-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21406-CFBC |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES |
Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 26,537 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 1,056.32 pence per share.
Following this release, the Company holds 248,339,360 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,505,772,065.
John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
2 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Transaction in Own Shares |
| Released | 15:18 04-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21517-5FC3 |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES |
Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 122,258 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 1,056.32 pence per share.
Following this release, the Company holds 248,217,102 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,505,894,323.
John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
4 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Transaction in Own Shares |
| Released | 13:52 05-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21350-047A |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES |
Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 24,452 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 1,056.32 pence per share.
Following this release, the Company holds 248,192,650 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,505,918,775.
John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
5 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Director/PDMR Shareholding |
| Released | 15:30 10-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21530-A640 |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULES |
The notifications listed below were all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:
1. It received notification on 10 April 2012 of the following allocations of ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), namely: (i) the following directors of the Company were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 April 2012 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the "Trustee"):
| Name of Director | Number of Ordinary Shares |
| D Mahlan | 12 |
| PS Walsh | 12 |
(ii) the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 April 2012 under the Plan, by the Trustee:
| Name of PDMR | Number of Ordinary Shares |
| N Blazquez | 12 |
| D Gosnell | 12 |
| J Grover | 12 |
| A Morgan | 12 |
| G Williams | 12 |
| I Wright | 12 |
The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased on behalf of the employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted from salary ("Sharepurchase") and those awarded to the employee by the Company ("Sharematch") on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every two Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares.
The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch Ordinary Shares were awarded at a price per share of £15.17.
The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee and in the name of the Trustee. Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can normally be sold at any time. Sharematch Ordinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three years after the award date.
2. It received notification on 10 April 2012 from Dr FB Humer, a director of the Company, that he had purchased 546 Ordinary Shares on 10 April 2012 under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £8,000 each month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary Shares. Dr Humer has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he remains a director of the Company.
The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £15.17.
As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in the Company's Ordinary Shares and American Depository Shares ("ADS")* (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:
| Name of Director | Number of Ordinary Shares |
| Dr FB Humer | 39,111 |
| D Mahlan | 94,728 (of which 94,407 are held as ADS) |
| PS Walsh | 651,555 |
| Name of PDMR | Number of Ordinary Shares |
| N Blazquez | 55,799 |
| D Gosnell | 81,466 |
| J Grover | 154,915 |
| A Morgan | 150,803 |
| G Williams | 173,864 (of which 6,375 are held as ADS) |
| I Wright | 37,365 |
J Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
10 April 2012
*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Transaction in Own Shares |
| Released | 14:37 11-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21436-A51E |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES |
Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 40,113 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 1,056.32 pence per share.
Following this release, the Company holds 248,152,537 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,505,958,888.
John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
11 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Director/PDMR Shareholding |
| Released | 10:18 13-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21018-EBF2 |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules |
The following notification was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 12 April 2012 that Dr FB Humer, a director of the Company, as participant in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment Plan had received 373 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in lieu of the interim dividend paid on 10 April 2012.
The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 10 April 2012 (with a settlement date of 13 April 2012) at an average price of £15.27.
As a result of the above transaction Dr FB Humer's interests in the Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's employee benefit trusts) has increased to 39,484.
J Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
13 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Transaction in Own Shares |
| Released | 12:49 13-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21247-8BBE |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES |
Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 14,603 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 1,056.32 pence per share.
Following this release, the Company holds 248,137,934 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,505,973,491.
John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
13 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Transaction in Own Shares |
| Released | 15:28 18-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21528-3F85 |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES |
Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 68,123 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 1,056.32 pence per share.
Following this release, the Company holds 248,069,811 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,506,043,314.
John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
18 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Transaction in Own Shares |
| Released | 15:11 20-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21510-ADD5 |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES |
Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 190,753 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 1,056.32 pence per share.
Following this release, the Company holds 247,879,058 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,506,234,067.
John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
20 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Director/PDMR Shareholding |
| Released | 15:35 20-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21535-1A0E |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules |
The notification listed below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 19 April 2012 that Larry Schwartz, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised an option, on 19 April 2012, over 13,450 American Depository Shares ("ADS")* granted under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP"). The options were granted on 20 September 2005 at an exercise price of $59.40 per ADS.
Mr Schwartz subsequently sold 11,200 ADS on 19 April 2012, at an average price per ADS of $101.99. He retains the balance of 2,250 ADS.
As a result of these transactions, the interests of Mr Schwartz in the Company's ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) has increased to 11,694 ADS.
J Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
20 April 2012
*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Trading Statement |
| Released | 13:46 23-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21346-F8DF |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES |
Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 36,438 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 1,056.32 pence per share.
Following this release, the Company holds 247,842,620 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,506,270,505.
John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
23 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Director/PDMR Shareholding |
| Released | 15:39 23-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21538-62C9 |
TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules
The notification below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 20 April 2012 that the following Director and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"), as participants in the dividend reinvestment programme connected with the Company's US Employee Stock Purchase Plan (also known as the US Sharevalue Plan), received American Depository Shares ("ADS*") in lieu of the Company's interim dividend paid on 10 April 2012, as follows:
| Name of Director | Number of ADSs |
| D Mahlan | 32 |
| Name of PDMR | Number of ADSs |
| G Ghostine | 13 |
| I Menezes | 58 |
| R Millian | 27 |
| T Proctor | 4 |
| L Schwartz | 40 |
| G Williams | 12 |
The ADSs were purchased on 13 April 2012 at a price of $98.20 per ADS.
As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:
| Name of Director | Number of Ordinary Shares |
| D Mahlan | 94,855 (of which 94,533 held as ADS) |
| Name of PDMR | Number of Ordinary Shares |
| G Ghostine | 65,370 (of which 33,126 held as ADS) |
| I Menezes | 439,262 (of which 346,265 held as ADS) |
| G Williams | 173,913 (of which 6,424 held as ADS) |
| R Millian | Number of ADS |
| T Proctor | 11,129 |
| 29,662 | |
| L Schwartz | 11,734 |
*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.
J Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
23 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Transaction in Own Shares |
| Released | 14:50 25-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21450-76C4 |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES |
Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 108,763 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 1,056.32 pence per share.
Following this release, the Company holds 247,733,857 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,506,379,268.
John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
25 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Completion of MTO in ShuiJingFang |
| Released | 15:27 25-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 0230C15 |
RNS Number : 0230C
Diageo PLC
25 April 2012
25th April 2012
Diageo announces completion of Mandatory Tender Offer for the outstanding shares in Chinese White Spirits Company Sichuan Shuijingfang
Further to the announcement made on 20th March, Diageo has completed the mandatory tender offer ("MTO") for the outstanding shares of Sichuan Shuijingfang Co., Ltd. ("ShuiJingFang") and there was a nominal take up of 3,154 shares (0.001% of the total 60.3% shares in issue not held by Quanxing).
The MTO was required by Chinese takeover regulations following the approval of Diageo taking control of Sichuan Chengdu Quanxing Group Company Ltd. ("Quanxing") from Chengdu Yingsheng Investment Holding Co., Ltd ("Yingsheng").
The MTO offer price was RMB21.45 per share and the offer period expired on 24th April.
Gilbert Ghostine, President of Diageo Asia Pacific commented: "This marks the end of a journey that started over two years ago when our partners agreed that we could move to take control of Quanxing and increase our participation in ShuiJingFang. It represents a milestone in the development of our ambition to play a significant role in Chinese white spirits, the most valuable beverage alcohol category in China. We could not have come this far without the support of the Chinese Government and the continued strong support of our Chinese partners".
ENDS
Notes to editors:
ShuiJingFang is one of the largest super premium Chinese white spirits brand by volume in China. The company is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (600779).
Diageo made its first 43% investment in Quanxing in February 2007 and increased its shareholding to 49% in July 2008. Following an Indicative Announcement on 1st March 2010, it then increased its shareholding to 53% in July 2011. Quanxing itself holds a 39.7% stake and is the largest shareholder in ShuiJingFang. Since 2007, Diageo has been distributing the ShuiJingFang portfolio across South East Asia, Korea, Australia and in the USA.
The MTO price was the regulatory minimum price set at the arithmetic average of the volume weighted average price for each of the 30 trading days prior to the Indicative Announcement made on 1st March 2010.
Notice to US SJF shareholders:
The MTO was for the securities of a company organised under the laws of the PRC and was subject to the procedure and disclosure requirements of the laws and regulations of the PRC and the rules of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which are different from those of the United States. The MTO was made in the United States pursuant to Section 14(e) of, and Regulation 14E under, the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subject to the exemptions provided by Rule 14d-1(c) under the Exchange Act and otherwise in accordance with the requirements of the laws and regulations of the PRC and the rules of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Accordingly, the MTO was subject to disclosure and other procedural requirements, including with respect to withdrawal rights, the offer timetable, settlement procedures and timing of payments, that are different from those applicable under US domestic tender offer procedures and laws. The MTO report and all other materials related to the MTO have been prepared for the purposes of complying with the applicable laws and regulations of the PRC and the rules of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if such materials had been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside of the PRC.
About Diageo:
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, wines and beer categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JεB, Buchanan's, Windsor and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Jose Cuervo, Tanqueray and Guinness.
Diageo is a global company, with its products sold in more than 180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE). For more information about Diageo, its people and its brands, visit www.diageo.com. For Diageo's global resource that promotes responsible drinking through the sharing of best practice tools, information and initiatives, visit www.DRINKiQ.com.
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END
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Transaction in Own Shares |
| Released | 15:56 27-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21556-C592 |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES |
Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 34,051 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 1,056.32 pence per share.
Following this release, the Company holds 247,699,806 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,506,413,319.
John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
27 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Transaction in Own Shares |
| Released | 13:02 30-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21301-F0B4 |
| TO: | Regulatory Information Service |
| PR Newswire |
| RE: | PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES |
Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 16,578 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 1,056.32 pence per share.
Following this release, the Company holds 247,683,228 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,506,429,897.
John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
30 April 2012
| Company | Diageo PLC |
| TIDM | DGE |
| Headline | Total Voting Rights |
| Released | 13:07 30-Apr-2012 |
| Number | 21307-456B |
| 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 2,754,113,125 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") with voting rights, which includes 247,683,228 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 2,506,429,897 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 FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
J Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
30 April 2012