Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                    
                                                                           
         PR Newswire                                                       
                                                                           
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 17 May
2013 that:

 1. Jim Grover, a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"),
    exercised options on 16 May 2013 over ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence
    each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted under the Company's Senior
    Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP") as set out below:
   
No. of Ordinary      Date of grant        Price per Ordinary
Shares                                    Share             
                                                            
3,151                17 September 2009    £9.52             
                                                            
90,336               17 September 2009    £9.52             
                                                            
58,859               27 October 2008      £8.77             

Of the shares arising, Mr Grover sold 150,822 at a price per Ordinary Share of
£20.53. Mr Grover retains the balance of 1,524 Ordinary Shares.

 2. Tim Proctor, a PDMR, exercised options on 16 May 2013 over 42,709 American
    Depository Shares in the Company ("ADS")* granted under the SESOP.   The
    options were granted on 17 September 2009 at an exercise price of $63.13
    per ADS.
   
Of the ADSs arising, Mr Proctor sold 42,281 at a price per ADS of $125.41. Mr
Proctor retains the balance of 428 ADSs.

As a result of the above transactions, the interests of Mr Grover and Mr
Proctor in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADS respectively (excluding
options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential
beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) have increased and are
now as follows:

Name of PDMR              Number of Ordinary Shares                    
                                                                       
J Grover                  188,545                                      
                                                                       
                          Number of ADS                                
                                                                       
T Proctor                 29,332                                       

John Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

17 May 2013

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares