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 theDisclosure and Transparency Rules. Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 4November 2013 that Leanne Wood, a person discharging managerial responsibility("PDMR"), exercised options on 4 November 2013 over ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as follows: Company Plan No. of Date of grant Price per Ordinary Ordinary Share Shares Diageo Executive Long 5,197 20 September 2010 £10.80Term Incentive Plan Subsequently, on 4 November 2013, Ms Wood sold 5,000 Ordinary Shares at a priceper Ordinary share of £19.98. She retains the balance of 197 Ordinary Shares. As a result of the above transactions, Ms Wood's interests in the Company'sOrdinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs andinterests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)have increased to 2,299. J NichollsDeputy Company Secretary

4 November 2013