Annual Financial Report - Form 20F

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                        
                                                                               
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RE:      FILING OF FORM 20F WITH THE SEC                                       

Diageo plc (the Company) has today filed its Annual Report for the year ended
30 June 2010 on Form 20-F with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. An
electronic version of this filing is available on the Company's website at 
www.diageo.com, and shareholders may request a hard copy of Diageo's 2010
Annual Report, free of charge, by contacting the Registrar, Diageo plc,
Edinburgh Park, 5 Lochside Way, Edinburgh EH12 9DT.

John Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

14 September 2010