Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                        
                                                                               
         PR Newswire                                                           
                                                                               
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 4
November 2013 that Leanne Wood, a person discharging managerial responsibility
("PDMR"), exercised options on 4 November 2013 over ordinary shares of 28 101/
108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as follows:

Company Plan              No. of       Date of grant         Price per Ordinary
                          Ordinary                           Share             
                          Shares                                               
                                                                               
Diageo Executive Long     5,197        20 September 2010     £10.80            
Term Incentive Plan                                                            

Subsequently, on 4 November 2013, Ms Wood sold 5,000 Ordinary Shares at a price
per Ordinary share of £19.98. She retains the balance of 197 Ordinary Shares.

As a result of the above transactions, Ms Wood'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 2,299.

J Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary

4 November 2013


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