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 1December 2014 that the following persons discharging managerialresponsibilities ("PDMR") received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in theCompany ("Ordinary Shares") on 1 December 2014 upon the exercise of options asdetailed below: Name of Grant Option No. of ShareplanPDMR Date Price Ordinary Shares A 1 £7.62 816 Diageo UK SharesaveFennell December Scheme 2000 2009 £9.60 825A Manz Diageo UK Sharesave 1 Scheme 2010 December 2011 As a result of these transactions, the interests of PDMRs in the Company'sOrdinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs andinterests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)have increased as follows: Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares A Fennell 93,760 A Manz 22,201 J FaheySenior Company Secretarial Assistant2 December 2014