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DIAGEO PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

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TO:      Regulatory Information Service

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RE:      Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

The notification listed below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 8
December 2014 that:

 1. Larry Schwartz, a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"),
    sold 5,181 American Depository Shares in the Company ("ADS")* on 5 December
    2014 at a price per ADS of $123.57.

 2. Nicholas Blazquez, a PDMR, received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in
    the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 8 December 2014 upon the exercise of
    options as detailed below:

Grant Date       Option Price Number of        Shareplan
                              Ordinary Shares

8 October 2009   £7.62        408              Diageo UK Sharesave Scheme 2000

As a result of these transactions, the interests of Messers Schwartz and
Blazquez in the Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the
Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's
Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:

Name of PDMR                            Number of ADS

L Schwartz                              26,124

                                        Number of Ordinary Shares

N Blazquez                              96,245

J Fahey
Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

8 December 2014

*1 ADS is equal to 4 Ordinary Shares in the Company

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