Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification today that
the following directors and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
("PDMR"), as participants in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan")
received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares")
in respect of the final dividend paid on 3 October 2013, as follows:

Name of Director                  Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                           
Dr FB Humer                       658                                      
                                                                           
Name of PDMR                                                               
                                                                           
S Moriarty                        410                                      

The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 3 October 2013 (with a settlement date of
8 October 2013) at an average price of £19.54.

As a result of the above transaction, the director's and PDMR's interests in
the Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's
LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's employee
benefit trusts) have increased as follows:

Name of Director                  Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                               
Dr FB Humer                       48,767                                   
                                                                               
Name of PDMR                                                                   
                                                                               
S Moriarty                        34,705                                   



J Nicholls
Deputy Secretary
4 October 2013