Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                       
                                                                               
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RE:       PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULES             

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:

 1. It received notification on 10 May 2013 of the following allocations of
    ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares")
    under the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), namely:
   
(i) the following directors of the Company were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10
May 2013 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the
"Trustee"):

Name of Director              Number of Ordinary Shares               
                                                                      
D Mahlan                      9                                       
                                                                      
PS Walsh                      9                                       

(ii) the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")
were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 May 2013 under the Plan, by the Trustee:

Name of PDMR                 Number of Ordinary Shares           
                                                                 
N Blazquez                   9                                   
                                                                 
D Gosnell                    9                                   
                                                                 
J Grover                     9                                   
                                                                 
A Morgan                     9                                   
                                                                 
S Moriarty                   9                                   
                                                                 
G Williams                   9                                   
                                                                 
I Wright                     9                                   

The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased on behalf of
the employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted
from salary ("Sharepurchase") and those awarded to the employee by the Company
("Sharematch") on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every two
Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares.

The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch Ordinary
Shares were awarded at a price per share of £20.19.

The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee and in the name of the Trustee.
Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can normally be sold at any time. Sharematch
Ordinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three years
after the award date.

 2. It received notification on 10 May 2013 that Dr FB Humer, a director of the
    Company, had purchased 411 Ordinary Shares on 10 May 2013 under an
    arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £
    8,000 each month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary
    Shares. Dr Humer has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he remains
    a director of the Company.
   
The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £20.19.

 3. It received notification on 10 May 2013 that Gareth Williams, a PDMR,
    exercised options on 10 May 2013 over 89,914 Ordinary Shares granted under
    the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP"). The options
    were granted on 18 September 2007 at an exercise price of £10.51.
   
Of the shares arising, Mr Williams sold 88,500 Ordinary Shares at a price per
Ordinary Share of £20.19 and retained the balance of 1,414 Ordinary Shares.

As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in the
Company's Ordinary Shares and American Depository Shares ("ADS")* (excluding
options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential
beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:

Name of Director             Number of Ordinary Shares               
                                                                     
Dr FB Humer                  46,459                                  
                                                                     
D Mahlan                     132,324 (of which 131,691 are held as   
                             ADS)                                    
PS Walsh                                                             
                             769,641                                 
                                                                     
Name of PDMR                 Number of Ordinary Shares               
                                                                     
N Blazquez                   72,434                                  
                                                                     
D Gosnell                    110,555                                 
                                                                     
J Grover                     187,021                                 
                                                                     
A Morgan                     142,985                                 
                                                                     
S Moriarty                   28,750                                  
                                                                     
G Williams                   179,680 (of which 6,535 are held as ADS)
                                                                     
I Wright                     56,305                                  
                                                                     

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

10 May 2013

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.