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 29 May
2014 that Nick Blazquez, a person discharging managerial responsibility
("PDMR"), exercised options on 29 May 2014 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                                               
                                                                               
Senior Executive Share    78,935       20 September 2010     £10.80            
Option Plan                                                                    

Subsequently, on 29 May 2014, Mr Blazquez sold 78,135 Ordinary Shares at a
price per Ordinary share of £19.07. He retains the balance of 800 Ordinary
Shares.

As a result of the above transactions, Mr Blazquez'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 72,655.

V Cooper
Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

30 May 2014