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 received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 14 May
2013 that:

 1. Andrew Morgan, a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"),
    exercised options on 13 May 2013 over ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence
    each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as set out below:
   
No. of Ordinary      Date of grant        Price per Ordinary
Shares                                    Share             
                                                            
125,766              20 September 2005    £8.15             
                                                            
120,967              19 September 2006    £9.30             
                                                            
110,608              18 September 2007    £10.51            

Of the shares arising, Mr Morgan sold 353,766 at a price per Ordinary Share £
20.31.

 2. Mrs Alison Blazquez, the spouse of Nick Blazquez, a PDMR, sold 1,250
    Ordinary Shares on 8 May 2013, at a price per Ordinary Share of £19.93.
   
 3. Randy Millian, a PDMR, as participant in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment
    Plan, received 87 American Depository Shares in the Company ("ADS")* in
    lieu of the interim dividend paid on 12 April 2013.
   
The ADSs were purchased on 12 April 2013 (with a settlement date of 17 April
2013) at an average price per ADS of $122.31.

As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in the
Company's Ordinary Shares and 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 PDMR              Number of Ordinary Shares                    
                                                                       
N Blazquez                71,184                                       
                                                                       
A Morgan                  146,560                                      
                                                                       
                          Number of ADS                                
                                                                       
R Millian                 21,948                                       

John Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary

15 May 2013

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares