Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules The notification below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure andTransparency Rules. Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification today thatthe following directors and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities("PDMR"), as participants in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan")received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares")in respect of the final dividend paid on 3 October 2013, as follows: Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares Dr FB Humer 658 Name of PDMR S Moriarty 410 The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 3 October 2013 (with a settlement date of8 October 2013) at an average price of £19.54. As a result of the above transaction, the director's and PDMR's interests inthe Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company'sLTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's employeebenefit trusts) have increased as follows: Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares Dr FB Humer 48,767 Name of PDMR S Moriarty 34,705 J NichollsDeputy Secretary4 October 2013