DGE Diageo Plc

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 2,754,193,286 ordinary shares of 28
101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") with voting rights, which includes
244,304,118 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 2,509,889,168
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

1 November 2013