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 15 October 2014 that the following Director andPersons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"), as participants inthe dividend reinvestment programme connected with the US Employee StockPurchase Plan (also known as the US Sharevalue Plan), received AmericanDepository Shares ("ADS")* in respect of the Company's final dividend paid on 7October 2014, as follows:Name of Director Number of ADSsD Mahlan 58Name of PDMR Number of ADSsJ Kennedy 7S Saller 31L Schwartz 83The ADSs were purchased on 7 October 2014 at a price of $112.19 per ADS.As a result of the above transactions, the interests of the director and PDMRsin the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares")and ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests aspotential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) haveincreased to:Name of Director Number of Ordinary SharesD Mahlan 279,409 (of which 137,481 are held as ADS)Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary SharesJ Kennedy 49,124 (of which 44,528 are held as ADS) Number of ADSS Saller 17,477L Schwartz 31,305J FaheySenior Company Secretarial Assistant15 October 2014*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.