DIAGEO PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

PR Newswire

TO:      Regulatory Information Service         PR NewswireRE:      Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency RulesThe notifications listed below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of theDisclosure and Transparency Rules.Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that: 1. It received notification on 2 March 2015 that Nicholas Blazquez, a person    discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised options on 2    March 2015 over the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each    ("Ordinary Shares") as set out below:    Grant Date           Option     Number of         Shareplan                         Price      Ordinary Shares    22 September 2011    £12.32     51,146            Diageo Senior Executive Share                                                      Option Plan 2008    Mr Blazquez subsequently sold 50,146 Ordinary Shares on the London Stock    Exchange (the "LSE") on 2 March 2015, at a price per share of £19.15. Mr    Blazquez retains the balance of 1,000 Ordinary Shares. 2. It received notification on 3 March 2015 that Mr Blazquez also sold 17,000    Ordinary Shares on the LSE on 2 March 2015 at a price per share of £19.17. 3. It received notification on 3 March 2015 that Mrs Alison Blazquez, the    spouse of Mr Blazquez, sold 1,300 Ordinary Shares on the LSE on 2 March    2015 at a price per share of £19.21.As a result of the above transactions, Mr Blazquez's interests in the Company'sOrdinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs andinterests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)are 78,975.J FaheySenior Company Secretarial Assistant

3 March 2015