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.

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