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 13 May
2014 that Leanne Wood, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"),
exercised options on 13 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                                               
                                                                               
Diageo Executive Long     1,300        20 September 2010     £10.80            
Term Incentive Plan                                                            

Subsequently, on 13 May 2014, Ms Wood sold 1,286 Ordinary Shares at a price per
Ordinary share of £18.55. She retains the balance of 14 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 2,382.

V Cooper
Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

13 May 2014