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 theDisclosure and Transparency Rules. Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 11September 2013 that John Kennedy, a person discharging managerialresponsibilities ("PDMR"), exercised options on 11 September 2013 over AmericanDepositary Shares in the Company ("ADS")* under the Company's Diageo ShareOption Plan as set out below: No. of ADS Date of grant Price per ADS 5,888 18 September 2007 $84.53 4,572 16 September 2008 $74.16 Of the shares arising, Mr Kennedy sold 10,197 at a price per ADS of $124.84. MrKennedy retains the balance of 263 ADS. As a result of the above transactions, Mr Kennedy's interests in the ordinaryshares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") and ADS(excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potentialbeneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) have increased to24,238 (of which 19,642 are held as ADSs). John NichollsDeputy Company Secretary 12 September 2013 *1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares