Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE 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 11September 2014 that the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility("PDMR") named below were granted options to subscribe for ordinary shares of28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the Company's UKSharesave Plan 2010 on 11 September 2014, namely: Name of PDMR No. of Ordinary Dates Option Exercisable between Shares N Blazquez 215 01 December 2019 to 31 May 2020 D Cutter 1,077 01 December 2019 to 31 May 2020 A Fennell 640 01 December 2017 to 31 May 2018 C Lambkin 640 01 December 2017 to 31 May 2018 A Manz 563 01 December 2017 to 31 May 2018 S Moriarty 640 01 December 2017 to 31 May 2018 L Wood 646 01 December 2017 to 31 May 2020 Each option has been granted at a price of £14.06 per Ordinary Share. As a result of the above transactions the interests of PDMRs in the Company'sOrdinary Shares and ADSs (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPsand interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee BenefitTrusts) are unchanged. J Nicholls Deputy Company Secretary

11 September 2014