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 13 May2014 that Leanne Wood, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"),exercised options on 13 May 2014 over ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence eachin the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as follows: Company Plan No. of Date of grant Price per Ordinary Ordinary Share Shares Diageo Executive Long 1,300 20 September 2010 £10.80Term Incentive Plan Subsequently, on 13 May 2014, Ms Wood sold 1,286 Ordinary Shares at a price perOrdinary share of £18.55. She retains the balance of 14 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 2,382. V CooperSenior Company Secretarial Assistant

13 May 2014