Director/PDMR Shareholding

DIAGEO PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

PR Newswire

London, March 1

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 today thatGilbert Ghostine, a person discharging managerial responsibility (`PDMR'),exercised an option, on 1 March 2013, over 91,513 ordinary shares of 28 101/108pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted under the Company'sSenior Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP"). The options were granted on 17September 2009 at an exercise price of £9.52 per Ordinary Share.

Mr Ghostine subsequently sold 90,597 Ordinary Shares on 1 March 2013, at aprice per share of £19.90. He retains the balance of 916 Ordinary Shares.

As a result of the above transactions, the interests of Mr Ghostine in theCompany's Ordinary Shares and American Depository Shares ("ADS")* (excludingoptions, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potentialbeneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) have increased to 106,302(of which 33,177 are held as ADS).

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.