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: 1. It received notification on 10 January 2014 of the following allocations of ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), namely: (i) the following director of the Company was allocated Ordinary Shares on 10January 2014 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the"Trustee"): Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares D Mahlan 9 (ii) the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 January 2014 under the Plan, by theTrustee: Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares N Blazquez 9 D Gosnell 9 A Morgan 9 S Moriarty 9 L Wood 10 The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased on behalf ofthe employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deductedfrom salary ("Sharepurchase") and those awarded to the employee by the Company("Sharematch") on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every twoSharepurchase Ordinary Shares. The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch OrdinaryShares were awarded at a price per share of £19.47. The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee and in the name of the Trustee.Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can normally be sold at any time. SharematchOrdinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three yearsafter the award date. 2. It received notification on 10 January 2014 that Dr FB Humer, a director of the Company, had purchased 425 Ordinary Shares on 10 January 2014 under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £ 8,000 each month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary Shares. Dr Humer has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he remains a director of the Company. The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £19.47. 3. It received notification on 10 January 2014 that the following Director & PDMRs were granted an estimated number of options to subscribe for American Depository Shares ("ADS")* under the US Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("USESPP") as follows: 4. Name of Director Estimated GrantGrant Date No of ADS price per Exercisable granted ADS I Menezes 1 October 185 $108.32 31 December 2013 2014 Name of Grant Date Estimated Grant price Exercisable No of ADS per ADSPDMR granted A Gavazzi 1 October 185 $108.32 31 December 2013 2014 S Saller 1 October 185 $108.32 31 December 2013 2014 L Schwartz 1 October 185 $108.32 31 December 2013 2014 As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in theCompany's Ordinary Shares and ADS (excluding options, awards under theCompany's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company'sEmployee Benefit Trusts) are as follows: Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares Dr FB Humer 50,467 D Mahlan 227,867 (of which 136,659 are held as ADS) Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares N Blazquez 71,814 D Gosnell 154,026 A Morgan 162,389 S Moriarty 35,698 L Wood 2,327 The interests of the Director and PDMR's that have been granted options tosubscribe for ADS's under the USESPP, remain unchanged. J Nicholls Deputy Company Secretary 10 January 2014 *1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.