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 received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:

 1. It received notification on 2 March 2015 that Nicholas Blazquez, a person
    discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised options on 2
    March 2015 over the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each
    ("Ordinary Shares") as set out below:
   
    Grant Date           Option     Number of         Shareplan                     
                         Price      Ordinary Shares                                
                                                                               
    22 September 2011    £12.32     51,146            Diageo Senior Executive Share 
                                                      Option Plan 2008              
                                                                               

    Mr Blazquez subsequently sold 50,146 Ordinary Shares on the London Stock
    Exchange (the "LSE") on 2 March 2015, at a price per share of £19.15. Mr
    Blazquez retains the balance of 1,000 Ordinary Shares.

 2. It received notification on 3 March 2015 that Mr Blazquez also sold 17,000
    Ordinary Shares on the LSE on 2 March 2015 at a price per share of £19.17.
   
 3. It received notification on 3 March 2015 that Mrs Alison Blazquez, the
    spouse of Mr Blazquez, sold 1,300 Ordinary Shares on the LSE on 2 March
    2015 at a price per share of £19.21.
   
As a result of the above transactions, Mr Blazquez'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)
are 78,975.

J Fahey

Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

3 March 2015