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: 1. It received notification on 9 December 2014 that Leanne Wood, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"), sold 349 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 5 December 2014 at a price per share of £19.60. 2. It received notification on 10 December 2014 of the following allocations of Ordinary Shares under the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), namely: (i) the following director of the Company was allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 December 2014 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the "Trustee"): Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares D Mahlan 9 (ii) the following PDMRs were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 December 2014 under the Plan, by the Trustee: Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares N Blazquez 9 S Moriarty 9 L Wood 11 The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased on behalf of the employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted from salary ("Sharepurchase") and those awarded to the employee by the Company ("Sharematch") on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every two Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares. The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch Ordinary Shares were awarded at a price per share of £19.14. The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee and in the name of the Trustee. Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can normally be sold at any time. Sharematch Ordinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three years after the award date. 3. It received notification on 10 December 2014 that Dr FB Humer, a director of the Company, had purchased 433 Ordinary Shares on 10 December 2014 under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £8,000 each month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary Shares. Dr Humer has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he remains a director of the Company. The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £19.14.As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in theCompany's Ordinary Shares and American Depository Shares ("ADS")* (excludingoptions, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potentialbeneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows: Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares Dr FB Humer 56,836 D Mahlan 279,429 (of which 137,481 are held as ADS)* Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares N Blazquez 96,254 S Moriarty 41,847 L Wood 6,557J FaheySenior Company Secretarial Assistant10 December 2014*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.