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 August 2013

 

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): ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨

 

 
 

 

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 – 31 August 2013

 

Information Required by/when
   
Public Announcements/Press The Stock Exchange, London

 

Announcement

Mr Walsh, a director, informs the Company of his beneficial interests.

(1 August 2013)

 

Announcement

Company announces directorate change.

(12 August 2013)

Announcement

Mr Walsh, a director, informs the Company of his beneficial interest.

(7 August 2013)

 

Announcement

Company notified of transactions in respect of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan and Mr Walsh, Ms Mahlan and PDMRs inform the Company of their interests therein.

Dr Humer informs the Company of his beneficial interests.

(12 August 2013)

Announcement

Company releases interim block listing review.

(8 August 2013)

 

Announcement

Company announces lodging of Annual Report and associated documents with the National Storage Mechanism.

(16 August 2013)

Announcement

Ms Mahlan, a director and Ms Manz, a person discharging managerial responsibilities (“PDMR”) informs the company of their beneficial interests.

(9 August 2013)

 

Announcement

Company announces Mr Walsh, a director, appointed as director of United Spirits Limited.

(19 August 2013)

Announcement

Company announces filing of 20F for year ending 30 June 2013.

(12 August 2013)

 

Announcement

Company announces total voting rights.

(30 August 2013)

 

 
 

 

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: 10 September 2013 By: /s/ V Cooper
  Name: V Cooper
  Title: Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

  

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Director/PDMR Shareholding
Released 10:34 01-Aug-2013
Number 31033-3579

 

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 1 August 2013 that Paul Walsh, a director, exercised options on 1 August 2013 over ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan as set out below:

 

No. of Ordinary Shares   Date of grant   Price per Ordinary Share
         
200,000   17 September 2009   £9.52

 

Subsequently, on 1 August 2013, Mr Walsh sold 190,000 Ordinary Shares at a price per Ordinary Share of £20.70. He retains the balance of 10,000 Ordinary Shares.

 

As a result of the above transactions, Mr Walsh's interests in the Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) have increased to 779,660.

 

J Nicholls

 

Deputy Company Secretary

 

1 August 2013

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Director/PDMR Shareholding
Released 12:32 07-Aug-2013
Number 31229-AB66

 

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 7 August 2013 that Paul Walsh, a director, exercised options on 7 August 2013 over ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan as set out below:

 

No. of Ordinary Shares   Date of grant   Price per Ordinary Share
         
100,000   17 September 2009   £9.52

 

Subsequently, on 7 August 2013, Mr Walsh sold 95,000 Ordinary Shares at a price per Ordinary Share of £21.40. He retains the balance of 5,000 Ordinary Shares.

 

As a result of the above transactions, Mr Walsh's interests in the Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) have increased to 784,660.

 

J Nicholls

 

Deputy Company Secretary

 

7 August 2013

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Blocklisting - Interim Review
Released 14:07 08-Aug-2013
Number 31406-857E

 

SCHEDULE 5

 

BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN

 

To: Listing Applications

 

UK Listing Authority

 

Financial Services Authority

 

25, The North Colonnade

 

Canary Wharf

 

London, E14 5HS

 

Please ensure the entries on this return are type

 

1.Name of company: Diageo plc

 

2.Name of scheme: Diageo (formerly Guinness) Executive Stock Option Scheme

 

3.Period of return: From 1 January 2013 to 30 June 2013

 

4. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt security) not issued under scheme   916,286
       
5. Number of shares issued/allotted under scheme during period:   0
       
6. Balance under scheme not yet issued/allotted at end of period   916,286
       
7. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt securities) originally listed and the date of admission;  

5,500,000 (ref 2882 1994) 

18,405,871 (1999)

 

Please confirm total number of shares in issue at the end of the period in order for us to update our records

 

2,754,166,581 (including 243,810,038 treasury shares)

 

Contact for queries: Address: Diageo plc, Lakeside Drive,
  Park Royal, London, NW10 7HQ
   
Name: Christine Norman Telephone: 020 8978 6000

 

Person making return Name: Victoria Cooper

 

Position: Senior Company Secretarial Assistant Signature: /s/ V Cooper

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 5

 

BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN

 

To: Listing Applications

 

UK Listing Authority

 

Financial Services Authority

 

25, The North Colonnade

 

Canary Wharf

 

London, E14 5HS

 

Please ensure the entries on this return are type

 

1.Name of company: Diageo plc

 

2.Name of scheme: Diageo (formerly Guinness) International Sharesave Scheme

 

3.Period of return: From 1 January 2013 to 30 June 2013

 

4. Number and class of share(s) (amount  : of stock/debt security) not issued under scheme   488,982
       
5. Number of shares issued/allotted under scheme during period:   0
       
6. Balance under scheme not yet issued/allotted at end of period   488,982
       
7. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt securities) originally listed and the date of admission;   4,250,000

 

Please confirm total number of shares in issue at the end of the period in order for us to update our records

 

2,754,166,581 (including 243,810,038 treasury shares)

 

Contact for queries: Address: Diageo plc, Lakeside Drive,
  Park Royal, London, NW10 7HQ
   
Name: Christine Norman Telephone: 020 8978 6000

 

Person making return Name: Victoria Cooper

 

Position: Senior Company Secretarial Assistant Signature: /s/ V Cooper

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 5

 

BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN

 

To: Listing Applications

 

UK Listing Authority

 

Financial Services Authority

 

25, The North Colonnade

 

Canary Wharf

 

London, E14 5HS

 

Please ensure the entries on this return are type

 

1.Name of company: Diageo plc

 

2.Name of scheme: Diageo Associated Companies Share Option Plan (otherwise known as the Diageo Associated Companies Share Plan).

 

3.Period of return: From 1 January 2013 to 30 June 2013

 

4. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt security) not issued under scheme   336,861
       
5. Number of shares issued/allotted under scheme during period:   20,340
       
6. Balance under scheme not yet issued/allotted at end of period   316,521
       
7. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt securities) originally listed and the date of admission;   10.03.03 775,000
02.05.13 300,000 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence

 

Please confirm total number of shares in issue at the end of the period in order for us to update our records

 

2,754,166,581 (including 243,810,038 treasury shares)

 

Contact for queries: Address: Diageo plc, Lakeside Drive,
  Park Royal, London, NW10 7HQ
   
Name: Christine Norman Telephone: 020 8978 6000

 

Person making return Name: Victoria Cooper

 

Position: Senior Company Secretarial Assistant Signature: /s/ V Cooper

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 5

 

BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN

 

To: Listing Applications

 

UK Listing Authority

 

Financial Services Authority

 

25, The North Colonnade

 

Canary Wharf

 

London, E14 5HS

 

Please ensure the entries on this return are type

 

1.Name of company: Diageo plc

 

2.Name of scheme: Grand Metropolitan Public Limited Company Executive Stock Option Scheme

 

3.Period of return: From 1 January 2013 to 30 June 2013

 

4. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt security) not issued under scheme   66,459
       
5. Number of shares issued/allotted under scheme during period:   0
       
6. Balance under scheme not yet issued/allotted at end of period   66,459
       
7. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt securities) originally listed and the date of admission;  

10.6.92 

15.1.02 1,288,978

 

Please confirm total number of shares in issue at the end of the period in order for us to update our records

 

2,754,166,581 (including 243,810,038 treasury shares)

 

Contact for queries: Address: Diageo plc, Lakeside Drive,
  Park Royal, London, NW10 7HQ
   
Name: Christine Norman Telephone: 020 8978 6000

 

Person making return Name: Victoria Cooper

 

Position: Senior Company Secretarial Assistant Signature: /s/ V Cooper

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 5

 

BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN

 

To: Listing Applications

 

UK Listing Authority

 

Financial Services Authority

 

25, The North Colonnade

 

Canary Wharf

 

London, E14 5HS

 

Please ensure the entries on this return are type

 

1.Name of company: Diageo plc

 

2.Name of scheme: Grand Metropolitan Public Limited Company International Savings Related Share Option Scheme

 

3.Period of return: From 1 January 2013 to 30 June 2013

 

4. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt security) not issued under scheme   52,982
       
5. Number of shares issued/allotted under scheme during period:   0
       
6. Balance under scheme not yet issued/allotted at end of period   52,982
       
7. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt securities) originally listed and the date of admission;   9.2.96

 

Please confirm total number of shares in issue at the end of the period in order for us to update our records

 

2,754,166,581 (including 243,810,038 treasury shares)

 

Contact for queries: Address: Diageo plc, Lakeside Drive,
  Park Royal, London, NW10 7HQ
   
Name: Christine Norman Telephone: 020 8978 6000

 

Person making return Name: Victoria Cooper

 

Position: Senior Company Secretarial Assistant Signature: /s/ V Cooper

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 5

 

BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN

 

To: Listing Applications

 

UK Listing Authority

 

Financial Services Authority

 

25, The North Colonnade

 

Canary Wharf

 

London, E14 5HS

 

Please ensure the entries on this return are type

 

1.Name of company: Diageo plc

 

2.Name of scheme: Diageo plc Associated Companies Share Incentive Plan

 

3.Period of return: From 2 May 2013 to 30 June 2013

 

4. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt security) not issued under scheme   500,000
       
5. Number of shares issued/allotted under scheme during period:   0
       
6. Balance under scheme not yet issued/allotted at end of period   500,000
       
7. Number and class of share(s) (amount of stock/debt securities) originally listed and the date of admission;   02.05.13 500,000 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence

 

Please confirm total number of shares in issue at the end of the period in order for us to update our records

 

2,754,166,581 (including 243,810,038 treasury shares)

 

Contact for queries: Address: Diageo plc, Lakeside Drive,
  Park Royal, London, NW10 7HQ
   
Name: Christine Norman Telephone: 020 8978 6000

 

Person making return Name: Victoria Cooper

 

Position: Senior Company Secretarial Assistant Signature: /s/ V Cooper

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Director/PDMR Shareholding
Released 15:05 09-Aug-2013
Number 31504-A259

 

TO: Regulatory Information Service
   
  PR Newswire
   
RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

 

The notifications listed below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 8 August 2013:

 

1. that Deirdre Mahlan, a director, exercised options on 7 August 2013 over American Depository Shares in the Company ("ADS")* granted under the Diageo Share Option Plan as set out below:

 

No. of ADS   Date of grant   Price per share
         
6,000   18 September 2007   $84.53
         
13,147   16 September 2008   $74.16

 

Ms Mahlan subsequently sold 18,147 ADS on 7 August 2013, at a price per ADS of $130.63. Ms Mahlan retains the balance of 1,000 ADS.

 

2. that Anna Manz, a person discharging managerial responsibilities (`PDMR'), exercised options on 8 August 2013 over ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted under the Diageo Share Option Plan as set out below:

 

No. of Ordinary Shares   Date of grant   Price per share
         
7,999   19 September 2006   £9.30
         
7,564   18 September 2007   £10.51
         
8,654   16 September 2008   £10.35
         
1,818   10 March 2009   £7.65
         
9,847   17 September 2009   £9.52

 

Ms Manz subsequently sold 34,982 Ordinary Shares on 8 August 2013, at a price per Ordinary Share of £21.04. Ms Manz retains the balance of 900 Ordinary Shares.

 

 
 

 

As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:

 

Name of Director   No. of Ordinary Shares
     
D Mahlan   137,118 (of which 136,467 are held as ADS)
     
A Manz   8,188

 

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

9 August 2013

 

*1 ADS is equal to 4 Ordinary Shares

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline 20-F - Annual Financial Report
Released 14:46 12-Aug-2013
Number 31445-7A47

 

TO: Regulatory Information Service
   
  PR Newswire
   
RE: CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 9.6.1 OF THE LISTING RULES

 

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it has today filed its Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2013 on Form 20-F ("20-F") with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The 20-F includes the business description, business review, directors and senior management, directors' remuneration report, corporate governance report, directors' report and consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company's Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2013, together with the Notice of Meeting and Form of Proxy/Letter of Direction for the 2013 Annual General Meeting, will be sent to shareholders on 16 August 2013.

 

The 20-F and the Annual Report are available on the Company's website at www.diageo.com.

 

John Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

12 August 2013

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Directorate Change
Released 14:56 12-Aug-2013
Number 31454-3570

 

TO:

Regulatory Information Service

   
  PR Newswire
   
RE: Paragraph 9.6.11 of the Listing Rules

 

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that Todd Stitzer will retire as a director of the Company at the forthcoming annual general meeting (`AGM'), due to be held on 19 September 2013, having served greater than nine years as a director. As previously announced, Paul Walsh will also stand down as a director at the AGM.

 

J Nicholls

 

Deputy Company Secretary

 

12 August 2013

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Director/PDMR Shareholding
Released 15:18 12-Aug-2013
Number 31517-28E6

 

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 12 August 2013 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 12 August 2013 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the "Trustee"):

 

Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares
   
D Mahlan 9
   
PS Walsh 9

 

(ii) the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") were allocated Ordinary Shares on 12 August 2013 under the Plan, by the Trustee:

 

Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares
   
N Blazquez 9
   
D Gosnell 9
   
A Morgan 9
   
S Moriarty 9
   
L Wood 9
   
I Wright

9

 

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 £20.80.

 

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 12 August 2013 that Dr FB Humer, a director of the Company, had purchased 398 Ordinary Shares on 12 August 2013 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 £20.80.

 

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 47,693
   
D Mahlan 137,127 (of which 136,467 are held as ADS)
   
PS Walsh 784,669
   
Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares
   
N Blazquez 71,211
   
D Gosnell 110,583
   
A Morgan 96,588
   
S Moriarty 28,777
   
L Wood 1,651
   
I Wright 56,333

 

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

12 August 2013

 

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Annual Financial Report
Released 12:32 16-Aug-2013
Number 31232-2F9D

 

TO: Regulatory Information Service
   
  PR Newswire
   
RE:

CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 9.6.1 OF THE LISTING RULES

 

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that in accordance with paragraph 9.6.1 of the Listing Rules, the Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2013 has been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do, together with the following documents:

 

* Notice of 2013 Annual General Meeting; and

 

* Form of Proxy/Letter of Direction.

 

Shareholder documents are available on the Company's website, at www.diageo.com . Shareholders may request a hard copy of Diageo's 2013 Annual Report, free of charge, by contacting The Registrar, Diageo plc, Edinburgh Park, 5 Lochside Way, Edinburgh EH12 9DT.

 

John Nicholls

 

Deputy Company Secretary

 

16 August 2013

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Paul Walsh appointed to USL Board
Released 11:20 19-Aug-2013
Number 9889L11

 

RNS Number : 9889L

Diageo PLC

19 August 2013

 

19 August 2013

 

Paul Walsh appointed to USL Board

 

USL has today announced that at its meeting today the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Paul Walsh as an additional director of the Company with effect from August 19, 2013.

 

The Board also appointed Mr. Vikram Singh Mehta as an independent director of the company, also with effect from August 19, 2013.

 

A brief profile of Vikram Singh Mehta is included below.

 

ENDS

 

Notes to Editors:

 

Contacts:

Media relations:

Rowan Pearman +44 (0)208 978 4751

press.office@diageo.com

Investor relations:

Catherine James +44 (0)7803 854550

investor.relations@diageo.com

 

Profile of Mr Vikram Singh Mehta:

Mr Mehta's career began with the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of the Government of India in 1978. He resigned that position in 1980 and joined Philips Petroleum in London as their Senior Economist. He was with Philips Petroleum for 4 years in London and at their headquarters in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA. In 1984, he returned to India to join the Public Sector Oil Company, Oil India Limited as its advisor (Strategic Planning). He resigned from Oil India in 1988 and joined Shell International in London. In 1991, he was posted to Egypt as the Managing Director for Shell Markets and Chemicals, Egypt. In 1994, he returned to India as the Chairman of the Shell Group in India.

 

Mr Mehta is a member of the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Chairman of its Hydrocarbons Committee. He was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Youth Award for India (earlier the Duke of Edinburgh's Award programme). He serves on the boards of Colgate Palmolive India Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra and Vodafone India Limited, as well as Larsen & Toubro. Mr Mehta is also on the Board of Governors of the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University in Gujarat, India and a member of the Board of Overseers of the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University. Since May 2012, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Mahindra & Mahindra. He writes a column for the Indian Express and regularly appears on news shows in India.

 

Mr Mehta has a BA (Hons) degree in Mathematics from St Stephen's College, Delhi University, an MA in Economics from Magdalen College, Oxford University and an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

 

Mr Mehta has 35 years of experience.

 

 
 

 

About Diageo

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wine. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JεB, Windsor, Buchanan's and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Baileys, Captain Morgan, 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, brands, and performance, visit us at www.diageo.com. For our global resource that promotes responsible drinking through the sharing of best practice tools, information and initiatives, visit DRINKiQ.com.

 

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Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Total Voting Rights
Released 14:49 30-Aug-2013
Number 31449-D136

 

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 2,754,184,351 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") with voting rights, which includes 243,228,816 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury.

 

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 2,510,955,535 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 and Transparency Rules.

 

J Nicholls

 

Deputy Company Secretary

 

30 August 2013