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 2,754,206,764 ordinary shares of 28
101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") with voting rights, which includes
243,148,740 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 2,511,058,024 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

31 March 2014