Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                       
                                                                               
          PR Newswire                                                          
                                                                               
RE:       Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules             

The notification 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
the following director and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility
("PDMR"), as participants in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan")
received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares")
in respect of the interim dividend paid on 7 April 2014, as follows:

Name of Director                  Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                           
Dr FB Humer                       500                                      
                                                                           
Name of PDMR                                                               
                                                                           
S Moriarty                        362                                      

The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 7 April 2014 (with a settlement date of
10 April 2014) at an average price of £18.58.

As a result of the above transaction, the director and PDMR's interest in the
Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs
and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's employee benefit
trusts) have increased as follows:

Name of Director                      Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                               
Dr FB Humer                           51,869                                   
                                                                               
Name of PDMR                                                                   
                                                                               
S Moriarty                            36,081                                   

J Nicholls

Deputy Secretary

8 April 2014