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 5
September 2013 that:

 1. the directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")
    shown below, together with other eligible employees, were awarded ordinary
    shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 5
    September 2013, under the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), an
    Inland Revenue approved plan operated by Diageo Group companies for the
    benefit of employees of the Company and its subsidiaries:
   
Name of Director        No. of Ordinary      
                        Shares               
                                             
D Mahlan                151                  
                                             
P S Walsh               151                  

Name of PDMR            No. of Ordinary      
                        Shares               
                                             
N Blazquez              151                  
                                             
A Fennell               151                  
                                             
D Gosnell               151                  
                                             
A Manz                  151                  
                                             
A Morgan                151                  
                                             
S Moriarty              151                  
                                             
L Wood                  151                  
                                             
I Wright                151                  

The Ordinary Shares were awarded at no cost to Plan participants
("Freeshares"), to a value based on a percentage of the participant's salary on
30 June 2013 and the Company's profits for the financial year ended 30 June
2013, subject to a maximum per SIP participant of £3,000 in value per tax year.
Freeshares are awarded annually and cannot normally be disposed of for a period
of three years after the award date.

 2. that the directors and PDMRs shown below, were granted the following
    options over the Company's Ordinary Shares or American Depositary Shares
    ("ADS")* on 5 September 2013, under the Company's Senior Executive Share
    Option Plan (the "SESOP"), approved by shareholders on 15 October 2008: 
   
Name of Director        No. of Ordinary      
                        Shares               
                                             
D Mahlan                135,022              
                                             
                        No. of ADS           
                                             
I Menezes               46,239               

Name of PDMR            No. of Ordinary      
                        Shares               
                                             
N Blazquez              59,253               
                                             
A Fennell               56,101               
                                             
G Ghostine              56,317               
                                             
D Gosnell               49,041               
                                             
A Manz                  29,248               
                                             
A Morgan                62,753               
                                             
S Moriarty              43,494               
                                             
L Wood                  41,603               
                                             
                        No. of ADS           
                                             
A Gavazzi               12,168               
                                             
J Kennedy               11,656               
                                             
S Saller                12,168               
                                             
L Schwartz              13,121               

Each option was granted at a price of £19.83 per Ordinary Share (or $123.27 per
ADS) and is exercisable between 5 September 2016 and 4 September 2023, subject
to the satisfaction of performance criteria.

 3. the directors and PDMRs shown below acquired an interest in Ordinary Shares
    or ADSs in the form of awards on 5 September 2013, under the Company's
    Performance Share Plan (the "PSP"), approved by shareholders on 15 October
    2008, as follows: 
   
Name of Director        No. of Ordinary      
                        Shares               
                                             
D Mahlan                110,241              
                                             
                        No. of ADS           
                                             
I Menezes               47,484               

Name of PDMR            No. of Ordinary      
                        Shares               
                                             
N Blazquez              54,426               
                                             
A Fennell               51,531               
                                             
G Ghostine              51,729               
                                             
D Gosnell               45,046               
                                             
A Manz                  22,388               
                                             
A Morgan                57,640               
                                             
S Moriarty              39,951               
                                             
L Wood                  38,214               
                                             
                        No. of ADS           
                                             
A Gavazzi               11,246               
                                             
J Kennedy               10,772               
                                             
S Saller                11,246               
                                             
L Schwartz              14,822               

The performance period commenced on 1 July 2013 and, subject to the rules of
the PSP and the satisfaction of performance conditions, the awards will vest in
September 2016.

As a result of the above awards of Ordinary Shares under the SIP the interests
of those directors and PDMRs in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADSs
(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        No. of Ordinary Shares         
                                                       
D Mahlan                137,278 (of which 136,467 are  
                        held as ADS)                   
                                                       
P Walsh                 784,820                        

Name of PDMR            No. of Ordinary Shares         
                                                       
N Blazquez              71,362                         
                                                       
A Fennell               28,210                         
                                                       
D Gosnell               110,734                        
                                                       
A Manz                  8,339                          
                                                       
A Morgan                96,739                         
                                                       
S Moriarty              28,928                         
                                                       
L Wood                  1,802                          
                                                       
I Wright                56,484                         

The interests in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADSs (excluding options,
awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of
the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) of the remaining director and PDMRs are
unchanged.

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

6 September 2013