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 all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:

 1. It received notification on 10 January 2014 of the following allocations of
    ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares")
    under the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), namely:
   
(i) the following director of the Company was allocated Ordinary Shares on 10
January 2014 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the
"Trustee"):

Name of Director              Number of Ordinary Shares               
                                                                      
D Mahlan                      9                                       

(ii) the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")
were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 January 2014 under the Plan, by the
Trustee:

Name of PDMR                 Number of Ordinary Shares           
                                                                 
N Blazquez                   9                                   
                                                                 
D Gosnell                    9                                   
                                                                 
A Morgan                     9                                   
                                                                 
S Moriarty                   9                                   
                                                                 
L Wood                       10                                  

The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased on behalf of
the employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted
from salary ("Sharepurchase") and those awarded to the employee by the Company
("Sharematch") on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every two
Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares.

The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch Ordinary
Shares were awarded at a price per share of £19.47.

The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee and in the name of the Trustee.
Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can normally be sold at any time. Sharematch
Ordinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three years
after the award date.

 2. It received notification on 10 January 2014 that Dr FB Humer, a director of
    the Company, had purchased 425 Ordinary Shares on 10 January 2014 under an
    arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £
    8,000 each month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary
    Shares. Dr Humer has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he remains
    a director of the Company.
   
The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £19.47.

 3. It received notification on 10 January 2014 that the following Director &
    PDMRs were granted an estimated number of options to subscribe for American
    Depository Shares ("ADS")* under the US Employee Stock Purchase Plan
    ("USESPP") as follows:
   
 4. 
   
Name of Director

           Estimated  Grant                                
Grant Date No of ADS  price per Exercisable                
           granted    ADS                                  
                                                           
I Menezes  1 October  185       $108.32       31 December  
           2013                               2014         
                                                           
Name of    Grant Date Estimated Grant price   Exercisable  
                      No of ADS per ADS                    
PDMR                  granted                              
                                                           
A Gavazzi  1 October  185       $108.32       31 December  
           2013                               2014         
                                                           
S Saller   1 October  185       $108.32       31 December  
           2013                               2014         
                                                           
L Schwartz 1 October  185       $108.32       31 December  
           2013                               2014         

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 Director             Number of Ordinary Shares               
                                                                     
Dr FB Humer                  50,467                                  
                                                                     
D Mahlan                     227,867 (of which 136,659 are held as   
                             ADS)                                    
                                                                     
Name of PDMR                 Number of Ordinary Shares               
                                                                     
N Blazquez                   71,814                                  
                                                                     
D Gosnell                    154,026                                 
                                                                     
A Morgan                     162,389                                 
                                                                     
S Moriarty                   35,698                                  
                                                                     
L Wood                       2,327                                   
                                                                     

The interests of the Director and PDMR's that have been granted options to
subscribe for ADS's under the USESPP, remain unchanged.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

10 January 2014

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.