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 director and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility("PDMR"), as participants in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment Plan receivedordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") inrespect of the interim dividend paid on 7 April 2015, as follows: Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares Dr FB Humer 602 Name of PDMR N Blazquez 408 D Cutter 4 S Fischer 11 S Moriarty 451 The Ordinary Shares were purchased on the London Stock Exchange on 7 April 2015(with a settlement date of 9 April 2015) at an average price of £19.24. As a result of the above transaction, interests of the director and PDMRs 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 58,763 Name of PDMR N Blazquez 79,392 D Cutter 12,909 S Fischer 9,469 S Moriarty 42,328 J Fahey Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

9 April 2015