Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FCA include the annex                                              
                                                                                        
For filings with issuer exclude the annex                                               
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                           
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                       
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                            
attached:                                                                      Diageo Plc
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               
                                                                                         
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                           Yes
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result          
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are                   
attached.                                                                                
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to                
qualifying financial instruments                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
Other (please specify):                                                                  
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                   Legal & General Group Plc (L& 
notification obligation:                                                 G)              
                                                                                         
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                          N/A              
 (if different from 3.):                                                                 
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                   
which the threshold is crossed or                                   16 July 2013         
reached:                                                                                 
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   17 July 2013         
                                                                                         
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                   
reached:                                                           L&G (Below 3%)        
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                                                         


 

8. Notified details:                                                                       
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                        
                                                                                           
Class/        Situation previous       Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
type of        to the triggering                                                           
shares            transaction                                                              
                                                                                           
              Number         Number               Number of voting    % of  voting rights  
if              of             of                      rights                              
possible      Shares         Voting     Number                                             
using                        Rights    of shares                                           
the ISIN                                                                                   
CODE                                              Direct   Indirect  Direct     Indirect   
                                                                                           
                   99,894,002                                                              
ORD                                                                                        
28.935                                                       Below 3%                      
                                                                                           
              (As on 21/10/2009)                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                        
                                                                                           
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                       
                                                                                           
                                                  Number of voting                         
                                                  rights that may be                       
Type of     Expiration      Exercise/             acquired if the           % of voting    
financial   date            Conversion Period     instrument is             rights         
instrument                                        exercised/ converted.                    
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial              
Instruments                                                                                
                                                                                           
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                       
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
Type of    Exercise price  Expiration Exercise/  Number of voting       % of voting rights 
financial                  date       Conversion rights instrument                         
instrument                            period     refers to                                 
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                        Nominal     Delta    
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
Total (A+B+C)                                                                              
                                                                                           
Number of voting rights                       Percentage of voting rights                  
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                   Below 3%                                                
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)                                 
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH)                        
(Direct and Indirect)                                                                   
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)                         
                                                                                        
    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)              
                                                                                        
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)       Legal & General                  
Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)                              Insurance Holdings               
                                                       Limited (Direct) (LGIH)          
                                                                                        
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)        Legal & General                  
Limited  (PMC)                                         Assurance Society                
                                                       Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)           
                                                                                        
                                                       Legal & General Pensions         
                                                       Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)         
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                       N/A                 
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                 N/A                 
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                   N/A                 
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                 Notification using the total voting rights figure of   
13. Additional information:                          2,510,356,543                      
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                Angela Hayter (LGIM)                   
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                       020 3124 3851