Director/PDMR Shareholding

DIAGEO PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

PR Newswire

London, April 24

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 23 April2013 that Paul Walsh, a director, exercised options on 23 April 2013 overordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares")granted under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan as set outbelow:

No. of Ordinary Shares Date of grant Price per Ordinary Share

Subsequently, on 23 April 2013, Mr Walsh sold 509,832 Ordinary Shares at aprice per Ordinary Share of £19.75 and 317,483 Ordinary Shares at a price perOrdinary Share of £20.00. He retains the balance of 175,000 Ordinary Shares.

Separately, Mr Walsh disposed of 10,000 Ordinary Shares as a gift on 23 April2013.

As a result of the above transactions, Mr Walsh'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 769,632.