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 all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of theDisclosure and Transparency Rules. Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 27January 2015 that the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities("PDMR") were granted an estimated number of options to subscribe for AmericanDepository Shares ("ADS")* under the US Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("USESPP")as follows: Name of PDMR Estimated No Grant price per Exercisable of ADS granted ADS S Saller 195 $102.09 31 December 2015 L Schwartz 195 $102.09 31 December 2015 The USESPP is a scheme operated in the USA and is similar to a UKtax-qualifying Save As You Earn share option scheme under which participationis extended on similar terms to all or most employees of the participatingcompanies. The enrolment date was 4 September 2014 and the initial deductionswere taken from January 2015 salaries. This is not a stock market transaction. As a result of the above transactions, interests of PDMRs in the Company'sOrdinary Shares and ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPsand interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee BenefitTrusts) remain unchanged. J FaheySenior Company Secretarial Assistant28 January 2015 *1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.