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: 1. It received notification on 2 March 2015 that Nicholas Blazquez, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised options on 2 March 2015 over the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") as set out below: Grant Date Option Number of Shareplan Price Ordinary Shares 22 September 2011 £12.32 51,146 Diageo Senior Executive Share Option Plan 2008 Mr Blazquez subsequently sold 50,146 Ordinary Shares on the London Stock Exchange (the "LSE") on 2 March 2015, at a price per share of £19.15. Mr Blazquez retains the balance of 1,000 Ordinary Shares. 2. It received notification on 3 March 2015 that Mr Blazquez also sold 17,000 Ordinary Shares on the LSE on 2 March 2015 at a price per share of £19.17. 3. It received notification on 3 March 2015 that Mrs Alison Blazquez, the spouse of Mr Blazquez, sold 1,300 Ordinary Shares on the LSE on 2 March 2015 at a price per share of £19.21. As a result of the above transactions, Mr Blazquez'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)are 78,975. J Fahey Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

3 March 2015