TO:     Regulatory Information Service                                        
                                                                               
         PR Newswire                                                           
                                                                               
RE:      Paragraph 5.6.1 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules              

Diageo plc - Voting Rights and Capital

With reference to Paragraph 5.6.1 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules
Diageo plc (the "Company") would like to notify the market of the following:

As at 31 December 2009, the Company's issued capital consisted of 2,753,946,805
ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") with voting
rights, which includes 250,201,008 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 2,503,745,797
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.

4 January 2010