Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 0984Y

Diageo PLC

28 February 2017

 

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

Diageo plc - Voting Rights and Capital

In conformity with Paragraph 5.6.1 of the Disclosure Guidelines and Transparency Rules, Diageo plc (the "Company") would like to notify the market of the following:

The Company's issued capital as at 28 February 2017 consisted of 2,754,453,832 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), with voting rights. 236,898,655 Ordinary Shares were held in Treasury, in respect of which, voting rights were not exercised.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company was 2,517,555,177 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 Guidelines and Transparency Rules.

28 February 2017

Jonathan Guttridge
Company Secretarial Assistant
Diageo plc

 

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