TO: Regulatory Information Service PR NewswireRE: PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULESThe notifications listed below were all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of theDisclosure and Transparency Rules. Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that itreceived notification on 24 April 2014 that: 1. The following Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"), as participants in the dividend reinvestment programme connected with the US Employee Stock Purchase Plan (also known as the US Sharevalue Plan), received American Depository Shares ("ADS")* in respect of the Company's interim dividend paid on 10 April 2014, as follows: 2.Name of Director Number of ADSsD Mahlan 33I Menezes 43Name of PDMR Number of ADSsG Ghostine 9J Kennedy 4S Saller 17L Schwartz 47The ADSs were purchased on 10 April 2014 at a price of $125.31 per ADS. 2. David Gosnell, a PDMR, transferred 1,686 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") held in his own name to his spouse Mrs Susan Gosnell on 23 April 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 SharesD Mahlan 228,029 (of which 136,789 are held as ADS)I Menezes 634,809 (of which 541,811 are held as ADS)Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary SharesG Ghostine 164,836 (of which 33,297 are held as ADS)D Gosnell 172,520J Kennedy 38,726 (of which 34,130 are held as ADS) Number of ADSS Saller 11,911L Schwartz 33,628J NichollsDeputy Company Secretary24 April 2014*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.