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 received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of theDisclosure and Transparency Rules. Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 2December 2013 that the following persons discharging managerialresponsibilities ("PDMR") had received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence inthe Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 2 December 2013 upon the exercise of optionsas detailed below: Name of Grant Option No. of ShareplanPDMR Date Price Ordinary Shares D 1 £8.28 2,022 Diageo UK SharesaveGosnell December Scheme 2010 2008 £9.41 114A Manz Diageo UK Sharesave 1 Scheme 2000 December 2010 As a result of these transaction, the interests of PDMRs in the Company'sOrdinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs andinterests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)are as follows: Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares D Gosnell 154,007 A Manz 21,209 J Nicholls Deputy Company Secretary

3 December 2013