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 19 November 2014 that Mr Fennell, a PDMR, exercisedoptions on 19 November 2014 over the company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108pence each ("Ordinary Shares") under the Company's Senior Executive ShareOption Plan ("SESOP") as set out below: No. of Ordinary Date of grant Price per shareShares 82,754 20 September 2010 £10.80 57,629 22 September 2011 £12.32 Mr Fennell subsequently sold 136,873 Ordinary Shares on 19 November 2014, at aprice per share of £18.92. Mr Fennell retains the balance of 3,510 OrdinaryShares. As a result of the above transaction the interests of Mr Fennell in theCompany's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPsand interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee BenefitTrusts) has increased to 92,944. J FaheySenior Company Secretarial Assistant

20 November 2014