Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 27
September 2013 that Leanne Wood, a person discharging managerial responsibility
("PDMR"), exercised options on 26 and 27 September 2013 over ordinary shares of
28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as follows:

Company Plan              No. of       Date of grant         Price per Ordinary
                          Ordinary                           Share             
                          Shares                                               
                                                                               
Diageo Share Option Plan  8,321        16 September 2008     £10.35            
                                                                               
Diageo Executive Long     1,100        20 September 2010     £10.80            
Term Incentive Plan                                                            

Subsequently, on 26 September 2013, Ms Wood sold 1,070 Ordinary Shares at a
price per Ordinary share of £19.87 and on 27 September she sold a further 8,071
Ordinary Shares at a price per Ordinary Share of £19.63. She retains the
balance of 280 Ordinary Shares.

As a result of the above transactions, Ms Wood's interests in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)
have increased to 2,091.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

30 September 2013