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 2 February 2016 from Alan Stewart, a director of the Company, that he had purchased 1,060 ordinary shares of 28 ¹⁰¹/₁₀₈ pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 2 February 2016 at a price per Ordinary Share of £18.99.  The Ordinary Shares were purchased on the London Stock Exchange.

As a result of this transaction, Mr Stewart's interests in the Company's Ordinary Shares have increased to 2,560.

V Cooper

Assistant Company Secretary

2 February 2016