Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

The notifications below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:

1. It received notification on 6 October 2014 that the following
director and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("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 final dividend paid on 2 October 2014, as follows:

Name of Director         Number of Ordinary Shares
Dr FB Humer                        909
 
Name of PDMR
D Cutter                             7
S Fischer                           17
S Moriarty                         627

The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 2 October 2014 (with a
settlement date of 7 October 2014) at an average price of £17.69.

2. It received notification on 7 October 2014 that Ordinary Shares
were released to the following PDMRs in respect of awards made under the
Company's 2011 International Share Match Plan ("ISMP").

Name of PDMR      Number of     Number of       Balance of
                   Ordinary      Ordinary  Ordinary Shares
                     Shares  Shares sold#     retained and
                   released                   beneficially
                                                     owned

D Cutter                 74            36               38
S Fischer                78            16               62

The Ordinary Shares were sold at a price per share of £17.60.

As a result of the above transaction, the director's and PDMR's
interests 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                          55,480
 
Name of PDMR
D Cutter                             12,905
S Fischer                             9,458
S Moriarty                           41,696

V Cooper
Senior Company Secretarial Assistant
7 October 2014

# Ordinary Shares have been sold to meet the requirement to
reimburse the Company for PAYE tax and National Insurance/social security
liabilities on awards released under the ISMP.