Director/PDMR Shareholding and DTR 6.4.2R

RNS Number : 6318H

Diageo PLC

01 December 2015

TO:

Regulatory Information Service

RE:

PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 AND 6.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULES

1. The notifications listed below were all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the

Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:

a. It received notification on 1 December 2015 that the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") were granted options to subscribe for American Depository Shares ("ADS")* under the US Employee Stock Purchase Plan (also known as the US Sharevalue Plan) (the "USESPP") as follows:

Name of PDMR	Grant Date	Estimated No of ADS granted	Grant price per ADS	Exercisable
B Franz	1 October 2015	224	$89.19	31 December 2016
A Gavazzi	1 October 2015	201	$89.19	31 December 2016
S Saller	1 October 2015	224	$89.19	31 December 2016

b. It received notification on 1 December 2015 that the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 1 December 2015 upon the exercise of options as detailed below:


Name of PDMR	Grant Date	Option Price	No. of Ordinary Shares	Shareplan
N Blazquez	11 November 2010	£9.41	323	Diageo 2010 Sharesave Plan

The Ordinary Shares referred to in item 1.b. above were purchased on the London Stock Exchange.

As a result of the above transactions, interests of PDMRs in the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") and ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:

Name of PDMR

Number of ADS

B Franz

18,897

S Saller

19,120

Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares

N Blazquez 98,302

A Gavazzi 72,923 (39,382 are held as ADS)

2. For the purposes of Paragraph 6.4.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

the Home State of Diageo plc is the United Kingdom.

A Syed