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.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 27
January 2015 that the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
("PDMR") were granted an estimated number of options to subscribe for American
Depository Shares ("ADS")* under the US Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("USESPP")
as follows:

Name of PDMR     Estimated No   Grant price per Exercisable            
                 of ADS granted ADS                                    
                                                                       
S Saller         195            $102.09         31 December 2015       
                                                                       
L Schwartz       195            $102.09         31 December 2015       

The USESPP is a scheme operated in the USA and is similar to a UK
tax-qualifying Save As You Earn share option scheme under which participation
is extended on similar terms to all or most employees of the participating
companies. The enrolment date was 4 September 2014 and the initial deductions
were taken from January 2015 salaries. This is not a stock market transaction.

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

J Fahey
Senior Company Secretarial Assistant
28 January 2015

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.