Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

The notification listed below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 3 October
2013 that Ian Wright, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"),
exercised options on 2 October 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             
                                                            
50,055                  20 September 2010 £10.80            

Subsequently, on 2 October 2013, Mr Wright sold 49,000 Ordinary Shares at a
price per Ordinary share of £19.32. He retains the balance of 1,055 Ordinary
Shares.

As a result of the above transactions, Mr Wright'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 57,548.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

3 October 2013