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 8December 2014 that: 1. Larry Schwartz, a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"), sold 5,181 American Depository Shares in the Company ("ADS")* on 5 December 2014 at a price per ADS of $123.57. 2. Nicholas Blazquez, a PDMR, received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 8 December 2014 upon the exercise of options as detailed below: Grant Date Option Price Number of Shareplan Ordinary Shares 8 October 2009 £7.62 408 Diageo UK Sharesave Scheme 2000 As a result of these transactions, the interests of Messers Schwartz andBlazquez in the Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under theCompany's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company'sEmployee Benefit Trusts) are as follows: Name of PDMR Number of ADS L Schwartz 26,124 Number of Ordinary Shares N Blazquez 96,245 J FaheySenior Company Secretarial Assistant 8 December 2014 *1 ADS is equal to 4 Ordinary Shares in the Company