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 all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 31
January 2014 from Ivan Menezes, a director of the Company, that he had
purchased 8,500 American Depository Shares ("ADS")* on 31 January 2014 at an
average price per ADS of $118.32. 

The Company also received notification on 31 January 2014 from Syl Saller, a
PDMR of the Company, that she had purchased 1,000 ADS on 31 January 2014 at an
average price per ADS of $119.23.

As a result of these transactions, Mr Menezes' 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 633,802 (of which 540,804 are held as ADS), and those of Ms
Saller have increased to 11,684 (all of which are held as ADS).

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

3 February 2014

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the
Company.