Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                        
                                                                               
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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 31
January 2015 from Alan Stewart, a director of the Company, that he had
purchased 1,500 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company
("Ordinary Shares") on 30 January 2015 at a price per Ordinary Share of £
19.70.  The Ordinary Shares were purchased on the London Stock Exchange.

As a result of this transaction, Mr Stewart's interests in the Company's
Ordinary Shares are 1,500.

C Matthews

Assistant Company Secretary

2 February 2015