Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

The notification below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification today that
the following director and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility
("PDMR"), as participants in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment Plan received
ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in
respect of the interim dividend paid on 7 April 2015, as follows:

Name of Director                  Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                           
Dr FB Humer                       602                                      
                                                                           
Name of PDMR                                                               
                                                                           
N Blazquez                        408                                      
                                                                           
D Cutter                          4                                        
                                                                           
S Fischer                         11                                       
                                                                           
S Moriarty                        451                                      

The Ordinary Shares were purchased on the London Stock Exchange on 7 April 2015
(with a settlement date of 9 April 2015) at an average price of £19.24.

As a result of the above transaction, interests of the director and PDMRs 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                         58,763                                     
                                                                               
Name of PDMR                                                                   
                                                                               
N Blazquez                          79,392                                     
                                                                               
D Cutter                            12,909                                     
                                                                               
S Fischer                           9,469                                      
                                                                               
S Moriarty                          42,328                                     

J Fahey

Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

9 April 2015