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 23
September 2014 that on 22 September 2014:

 1. the Company released ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the
    Company ("Ordinary Shares") and American Depositary Shares ("ADSs")* to the
    following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility
    ("PDMRs") under the Company's 2008 Performance Share Plan ("PSP"). The
    awards were made on 22 September 2011 and vested at a level of 55%. Also
    released were the Ordinary Shares and ADSs that were accrued in respect of
    notional dividends under the PSP during the period. The balance of each
    award has lapsed.
   
Name of         Number of        Number of     Number of     Balance of        
Director        Ordinary Shares  Ordinary      Ordinary      Ordinary retained 
                released         Shares in     Shares sold#  and beneficially  
                                 respect of                  owned             
                                 notional                                      
                                 dividend                                      
                                                                               
D Mahlan                  87,765         7,607        44,912             50,460
                                                                               
Name of         Number of ADS    Number of ADS Number of ADS Balance of ADS    
Director        released         in respect of sold#         retained and      
                                 notional                    beneficially owned
                                 dividend                                      
                                                                               
I Menezes                 23,221         1,981        12,380             12,822
                                                                               
Name of PDMR    Number of        Number of     Number of     Balance of        
                Ordinary Shares  Ordinary      Ordinary      Ordinary Shares   
                released         Shares in     Shares sold#  retained and      
                                 respect of                  beneficially owned
                                 notional                                      
                                 dividend                                      
                                                                               
N Blazquez                37,387         3,240        19,139             21,488
                                                                               
D Cutter                   5,342           463         2,775              3,030
                                                                               
A Fennell                 42,127         3,651        21,565             24,213
                                                                               
S Fischer                  4,231           366           922              3,675
                                                                               
A Gavazzi                  5,603           485         2,561              3,527
                                                                               
A Manz                     3,931           340           821              3,450
                                                                               
S Moriarty                 3,943           341         2,019              2,265
                                                                               
L Wood                     3,276           283         1,677              1,882
                                                                               
Name of PDMR    Number of ADS    Number of ADS Number of ADS Balance of ADS    
                released         in respect of shares sold#  shares retained   
                                 notional                    and beneficially  
                                 dividend                    owned             
                                                                               
J Kennedy                  1,637           139           867                909
                                                                               
S Saller                   1,789           152           947                994
                                                                               
L Schwartz                 9,881           843         5,543              5,181

The Ordinary Shares were sold at a price per share of £18.16 and the ADSs were
sold a price per ADS of $118.41.

 2. the Company released Ordinary Shares and ADSs to the following Director and
    PDMRs in respect of awards made under the Company's Discretionary Incentive
    Plan ("DIP").
   
Name of        Grant Date    Number of ADS    Number of ADS Balance of ADS   
Director                     released         sold#         retained and     
                                                            beneficially     
                                                            owned            
                                                                             
I Menezes      22 Sep 2011             10,994         5,403             5,591
                                                                             
               28 Dec 2011              3,212         1,578             1,634
                                                                             
Name of PDMR                 Number of        Number of     Balance of       
                             Ordinary Shares  Ordinary      Ordinary Shares  
                             released         Shares sold#  retained and     
                                                            beneficially     
                                                            owned            
                                                                             
N Blazquez       22 Sep 2011           10,806         5,092             5,714
                                                                             
Name of PDMR                 Number of ADS    Number of ADS Balance of ADS   
                             released         sold#         retained and     
                                                            beneficially     
                                                            owned            
                                                                             
A Gavazzi        20 Sep 2010            1,699           715               984
                                                                             
S Saller         20 Sep 2010            3,484         1,700             1,784

 3. the Company released Ordinary Shares and ADSs to the following PDMRs under
    the Diageo Executive Long Term Incentive Plan ("DELTIP"). The awards were
    made on 22 September 2011 in the form of restricted stock units ("RSUs").
   
Name of PDMR     Number of Ordinary Number of       Balance of Ordinary 
                 Shares released    Ordinary Shares Shares retained and 
                                    sold#           beneficially owned  
                                                                        
D Cutter                      8,471           4,050                4,421
                                                                        
S Fischer                     5,869           1,177                4,692
                                                                        
A Gavazzi                     4,603           1,936                2,667
                                                                        
A Manz                        2,922             562                2,360
                                                                        
S Moriarty                    4,717           2,223                2,494
                                                                        
L Wood                        4,545           2,142                2,403
                                                                        
Name of PDMR     Number of ADS      Number of ADS   Balance of ADS      
                 released           sold#           retained and        
                                                    beneficially owned  
                                                                        
J Kennedy                     3,221           1,571                1,650
                                                                        
S Saller                        754             368                  386

As a result of the above transactions the interests of the directors and PDMRs
in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADS's (excluding options, awards under the
Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's
Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:

Name of Director         No. of Ordinary Shares                          
                                                                         
D Mahlan                 279,167 (of which 137,249 are held as ADS)      
                                                                         
I Menezes                714,994 (of which 621,996 are held as ADS)      
                                                                         
Name of PDMR             No. of Ordinary Shares                          
                                                                         
N Blazquez               95,816                                          
                                                                         
D Cutter                 12,934                                          
                                                                         
A Fennell                89,434                                          
                                                                         
S Fischer                9,457                                           
                                                                         
A Gavazzi                62,387 (of which 34,704 are held as ADS)        
                                                                         
J Kennedy                49,094 (of which 44,498 are held as ADS)**      
                                                                         
A Manz                   27,186                                          
                                                                         
S Moriarty               41,069                                          
                                                                         
L Wood                   6,874                                           
                                                                         
Name of PDMR             No. of ADS*                                     
                                                                         
S Saller                 17,447                                          
                                                                         
L Schwartz               31,223***                                       

V Cooper

Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

23 September 2014

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

** The above interests for J Kennedy include 33 additional ADSs following his
annual validation of his 401K account.

*** The above interests for L Schwartz's include 208 additional ADSs following
his annual validation of his 401K account.

# Ordinary Shares/ADS 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 PSP, DIP and also the DELTIP.