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 27September 2013 that Leanne Wood, a person discharging managerial responsibility("PDMR"), exercised options on 26 and 27 September 2013 over ordinary shares of28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as follows: Company Plan No. of Date of grant Price per Ordinary Ordinary Share Shares Diageo Share Option Plan 8,321 16 September 2008 £10.35 Diageo Executive Long 1,100 20 September 2010 £10.80Term Incentive Plan Subsequently, on 26 September 2013, Ms Wood sold 1,070 Ordinary Shares at aprice per Ordinary share of £19.87 and on 27 September she sold a further 8,071Ordinary Shares at a price per Ordinary Share of £19.63. She retains thebalance of 280 Ordinary Shares. As a result of the above transactions, Ms Wood's interests in the Company'sOrdinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs andinterests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)have increased to 2,091. J Nicholls Deputy Company Secretary

30 September 2013