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 5 March
2015 that Anand Kripalu, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility
("PDMR"), was granted the following options over ordinary shares of 28 101/108
pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") and restricted stock units
("RSUs")* on 5 March 2015, under the Company's 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan,
adopted by the Company's shareholders on 18 September 2014 ("DLTIP"): 

Name of PDMR             No. of options over     No. of RSUs           
                         Ordinary Shares                               
                                                                       
A Kripalu                14,903                  4,250                 

Each option was granted at a price of £19.15 per Ordinary Share and is
exercisable between 4 September 2017 and 4 March 2025. Each RSU will
automatically vest on 4 September 2017 subject to satisfaction of certain
criteria. This was not a stock exchange transaction.

As a result of the above grants and awards, the interests of Mr Kripalu in the
Company's Ordinary Shares and ADSs (excluding options, awards under the
Company's LTIPs and interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's
Employee Benefit Trusts) are unchanged.

C Matthews
Assistant Company Secretary

5 March 2015

*1 RSU is the equivalent of 1 Ordinary Share.