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 today that
on 10 March 2014 the Company released ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each
in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to the following person discharging
managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") in respect of awards made under the
Company's discretionary incentive plan ("DIP") on 10 March 2011:

Name of PDMR     Number of Ordinary Number of       Balance of Ordinary 
                 Shares released    Ordinary Shares Shares retained and 
                                    sold#           beneficially owned  
                                                                        
A Fennell        29,841             14,061          15,780              

The Ordinary Shares were sold at a price per share of £18.42.

As a result of the above transactions, Mr Fennell'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 65,054.


P Tunnacliffe
Company Secretary

11 March 2014

# Ordinary Shares sold to meet the requirement to reimburse the Company for
PAYE tax and National Insurance/social security liabilities on awards released
under the DIP.