Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 8 August
2013:

 1. that Deirdre Mahlan, a director, exercised options on 7 August 2013 over
    American Depository Shares in the Company ("ADS")* granted under the Diageo
    Share Option Plan as set out below:
   
   
  No. of ADS    Date of grant       Price per share

  6,000         18 September 2007   $84.53       
                                                 
  13,147        16 September 2008   $74.16       

Ms Mahlan subsequently sold 18,147 ADS on 7 August 2013, at a price per ADS of
$130.63. Ms Mahlan retains the balance of 1,000 ADS.

 2. that Anna Manz, a person discharging managerial responsibilities (`PDMR'),
    exercised options on 8 August 2013 over ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence
    each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted under the Diageo Share
    Option Plan as set out below:
   
No. of Ordinary Shares    Date of grant                 Price per share      
                                                                             
7,999                     19 September 2006             £9.30                
                                                                             
7,564                     18 September 2007             £10.51               
                                                                             
8,654                     16 September 2008             £10.35               
                                                                             
1,818                     10 March 2009                 £7.65                
                                                                             
9,847                     17 September 2009             £9.52                

Ms Manz subsequently sold 34,982 Ordinary Shares on 8 August 2013, at a price
per Ordinary Share of £21.04. Ms Manz retains the balance of 900 Ordinary
Shares.

As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors in the Company's
Ordinary Shares and ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs
and interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit
Trusts) are as follows:

Name of Director         No. of Ordinary Shares                          
                                                                         
D Mahlan                 137,118 (of which 136,467 are held as ADS)      
                                                                         
A Manz                   8,188                                           


J Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
9 August 2013

*1 ADS is equal to 4 Ordinary Shares