Fluctuations in the exchange rate between the pound

Fluctuations in the exchange rate between the pound sterling and the US dollar will affect the
US dollar equivalent of the pound sterling price of the ordinary shares on the Exchange and, as a
result, will affect the market price of the ADSs on the NYSE. In addition, such fluctuations will affect
the US dollar amounts received by holders of ADSs on conversion of cash dividends paid in pounds
sterling on the underlying ordinary shares.
The following table shows, for the periods indicated, the reported high and low middle market
quotations (which represent an average of bid and asked prices) for the ordinary shares on the
Exchange, taken from its Daily Official List, and the highest and lowest sales prices for ADSs as
reported on the NYSE composite tape.
Per ordinary share Per ADS
High Low High Low
pence pence $ $
Year ended 30 June
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928 777 68.98 55.11
2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1094 895 86.79 65.83
2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1122 911 92.55 72.70
2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1065 733 76.65 41.14
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1160 867 71.99 56.42
Three months ended
September 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1065 857 76.65 67.59
December 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 794 70.10 50.25
March 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989 733 58.44 41.14
June 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889 772 58.84 45.54
September 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996 867 64.44 56.42
December 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1090 947 69.66 60.71
March 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1116 1000 70.92 62.87
June 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1160 1025 71.99 59.22
2010 monthly
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1084 1048 70.92 67.19
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1071 1000 68.09 62.87
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1116 1079 67.45 65.20
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1160 1104 71.99 67.21
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115 1025 68.14 59.22
June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119 1058 66.49 61.21
July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1143 1033 70.90 63.05
August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1127 1050 71.59 65.26
September (to 8 September 2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1105 1085 68.09 67.17
At close of business on 8 September 2010, the market prices for ordinary shares and ADSs were
1085 pence and $67.17 respectively.
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Additional information for shareholders (continued)
American depositary shares
Fees and charges payable by ADS holders
The Bank of New York Mellon serves as the depositary (the ‘Depositary’) for Diageo’s ADS
programme. Pursuant to the deposit agreement between Diageo, the Depositary and owners and
holders of ADSs (the ‘Deposit Agreement’), ADS holders may be required to pay various fees to the
Depositary, and the Depositary may refuse to provide any service for which a fee is assessed until the
applicable fee has been paid. In particular, the Depositary, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement,
shall charge a fee of $0.05 or less per ADS (or portion thereof) relating to (i) the issuance, execution
and delivery of ADSs or (ii) the withdrawal of shares underlying the ADSs, a fee equivalent to the fee
that would be payable, if securities distributed by Diageo had been ordinary shares and the ordinary
shares had been deposited for issuance of ADSs. In addition, ADS holders may be required under the
Deposit Agreement to pay the Depositary (i) any tax, duty, governmental charge or fee or stock
transfer or registration fee arising in connection with the foregoing transactions or otherwise, (ii) any
expense resulting from the conversion of a foreign currency into US dollars and (iii) the expense of
certain communications made, at the request of the ADS holder, by cable, telex or facsimile. The
Depositary may (i) withhold dividends or other distributions or sell any or all of the shares underlying
the ADSs in order to satisfy any tax or governmental charge and (ii) deduct from any cash distribution
any tax payable thereon or the cost of any currency conversion.