Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                        
                                                                               
         PR Newswire                                                           
                                                                               
RE:      Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules              

The notifications listed below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 23 April
2013 that Paul Walsh, a director, exercised options on 23 April 2013 over
ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares")
granted under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan as set out
below:

No. of Ordinary Shares Date of grant        Price per Ordinary Share 
                                                                     
423,387                19 September 2006    £9.30                    
                                                                     
186,445                27 October 2008      £8.77                    
                                                                     
392,483                18 September 2007    £10.51                   

Subsequently, on 23 April 2013, Mr Walsh sold 509,832 Ordinary Shares at a
price per Ordinary Share of £19.75 and 317,483 Ordinary Shares at a price per
Ordinary Share of £20.00. He retains the balance of 175,000 Ordinary Shares.

Separately, Mr Walsh disposed of 10,000 Ordinary Shares as a gift on 23 April
2013.

As a result of the above transactions, Mr Walsh's interests in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)
have increased to 769,632.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

24 April 2013