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 23
September 2013 that on 20 September 2013:

 1. the Company released ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the
    Company ("Ordinary Shares") and American Depositary Shares ("ADSs")* to the
    following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility
    ("PDMRs") under the Company's performance share plan ("PSP"). The awards
    were made on 20 September 2010 and vested at a level of 95%. Also released
    were the Ordinary Shares and ADSs that were accrued in respect of notional
    dividends under the PSP during the period. The balance of each award has
    lapsed.
   
Name of        Number of      Number of   Number of        Balance of                       
Director       Ordinary       Ordinary    Ordinary         Ordinary                         
               Shares         Shares in   Shares           retained and                     
                              respect of  sold#            beneficially                     
                              notional                     owned                            
                              dividend                                                    
                                                                           
D Mahlan              159,565      11,286           80,502           90,349
                                                                       
    
Name of        Number of ADS              Number of ADS    Balance of ADS  
Director                                  sold#            retained and    
                                                           beneficially    
                                                           owned           
                                                                           
I Menezes              44,032       3,093           23,386           23,739
                    
                                                       
Name of PDMR   Number of      Number of   Number of        Balance of      
               Ordinary       ADS in      Ordinary Shares  Ordinary Shares 
               Shares         respect of  sold#            retained and    
               released       notional                     beneficially    
                              dividend                     owned           
                                                                           
N Blazquez             70,971       5,019           75,990                0
                                                                           
A Fennell              74,405       5,262           37,538           42,129
                                                                           
A Gavazzi              16,209       1,146            4,785           12,570
                                                                           
G Ghostine             83,771       5,925           31,473           58,223
                                                                           
D Gosnell              72,803       5,149           36,730           41,222
                                                                           
A Manz                  6,327         447              279            6,495
                                                                           
A Morgan              103,598       7,327           52,266           58,659
                                                                           
S Moriarty              7,153         505            3,609            4,049
                                                                           
I Wright               37,505       2,652           40,157                0
                                   
                                        
Name of PDMR   Number of ADS  Number of   Number of ADS    Balance of ADS  
               released       ADS in      shares sold#     shares retained 
                              respect of                   and beneficially
                              notional                     owned           
                              dividend                                     
                                                                           
J Kennedy               4,275         300            2,232            2,343
                                                                           
S Saller                5,182         364            2,705            2,841
                                                                           
L Schwartz             19,285       1,354           10,671            9,968

The Ordinary Shares were sold at a price per share of £20.62 and the ADSs were
sold a price per ADS of $130.17.


 2. the Company released Ordinary Shares and ADSs to the following PDMRs in
    respect of awards made under the Company's discretionary incentive plan
    ("DIP") on 20 September 2010.
   
Name of PDMR     Number of Ordinary  Number of       Balance of Ordinary  
                 Shares released     Ordinary Shares Shares retained and  
                                     sold#           beneficially owned   
                                                                          
A Morgan                       9,218           4,344                 4,874
                                                                          

Name of PDMR     Number of ADS       Number of ADS   Balance of ADS       
                 released            sold#           retained and         
                                                     beneficially owned   
                                                                          
A Gavazzi                      1,699             469                 1,230
                                                                          
S Saller                       3,484           1,700                 1,784


 3. the Company released Ordinary Shares and ADSs to the following PDMRs under
    the Diageo Executive Long Term Incentive Plan ("DELTIP"). The awards were
    made on 20 September 2010 in the form of restricted stock units ("RSUs").
   
Name of PDMR     Number of Ordinary  Number of       Balance of Ordinary  
                 Shares released     Ordinary Shares Shares retained and  
                                     sold#           beneficially owned   
                                                                          
A Gavazzi                      2,739             756                 1,983
                                                                          
A Manz                         2,187              92                 2,095
                                                                          
S Moriarty                     2,473           1,166                 1,307
                                                                   
       
Name of PDMR     Number of ADS       Number of ADS   Balance of ADS       
                 released            sold#           retained and         
                                                     beneficially owned   
                                                                          
J Kennedy                      2,479           1,210                 1,269
                                                                          
S Saller                       1,437             701                   736

As a result of the above transactions the interests of the directors and PDMRs
in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADS's (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                  227,638 (of which 136,467 are held as ADS)       
                                                                           
I Menezes                 599,561 (of which 506,563 are held as ADS)       
                                                               
            
Name of PDMR              No. of Ordinary Shares                           
                                                                           
N Blazquez                71,373                                           
                                                                           
A Fennell                 70,339                                           
                                                                           
A Gavazzi                 30,529 (of which 9,040 are held as ADS)          
                                                                           
G Ghostine                164,546 (of which 33,207 are held as ADS)        
                                                                           
D Gosnell                 151,965                                          
                                                                           
J Kennedy                 38,686 (of which 34,090 are held as ADS)         
                                                                           
A Manz                    21,095                                           
                                                                           
A Morgan                  160,281                                          
                                                                           
S Moriarty                34,295                                           
                                                                           
I Wright                  56,493                                           
                             
                                              
Name of PDMR              No. of ADS*                                      
                                                                           
S Saller                  10,662                                           
                                                                           
L Schwartz                32,920**                                         



J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

24 September 2013

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

# Ordinary Shares/ADS have been sold to meet the requirement to reimburse the
Company for PAYE tax and National Insurance/social security liabilities on
awards released under the PSP, DIP and also the DELTIP. With the exception of
Messrs N Blazquez and I Wright both of whom sold all their shares in respect of
awards under their PSP.

** The above interests for L Schwartz's include 2,099 additional ADSs following
his annual validation of his 401K account.