Diageo PLC — Capital/Financing Update 2018

Dec 21, 2018

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

21 December 2018

Commission File Number: 001-10691

DIAGEO plc

( Translation of registrant’s name into English )

Lakeside Drive, Park Royal, London NW10 7HQ

( Address of principal executive offices )

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F X Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

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21 December 2018

Diageo completes sale of portfolio of brands to Sazerac

Diageo today announces that it has completed the sale of a portfolio of nineteen brands to Sazerac, as announced on 12 November 2018.

ENDS

Enquiries:

| Media relations: | Rebecca
Perry | +44
(0)7590 809101 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | press@diageo.com | +44
(0)20 8978 2749 |
| Investor relations: | Andrew
Ryan | +44 (0)
20 8978 6504 |
| | investor.relations@diageo.com | |

About Diageo

Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JeB, Buchanan's and Windsor whiskies, Smirnoff, Cоroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.

Diageo is a global company, and our products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEO). For more information about Diageo, our people, our brands, and performance, visit us at www.diageo.com . Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com , for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice.

Celebrating life, every day, everywhere.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant)
Date: 21 December
2018
By:___/s/ James Edmunds
James
Edmunds
Deputy Company Secretary

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