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 14 May
2014 that Gilbert Ghostine, a person discharging managerial responsibility
("PDMR"), exercised options on 14 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    93,171       20 September 2010     £10.80            
Option Plan                                                                    

Subsequently, on 14 May 2014, Mr Ghostine sold 92,239 Ordinary Shares at a
price per Ordinary share of £18.80. He retains the balance of 932 Ordinary
Shares.

As a result of the above transactions, Mr Ghostine'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 165,768 (of which 33,297 are held as American Depositary
Shares).

V Cooper

Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

15 May 2014