TO: Regulatory Information Service PR NewswireRE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency RulesThe notification below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure andTransparency Rules.Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification today thatthe following director and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility("PDMR"), as participants in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment Plan receivedordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") inrespect of the interim dividend paid on 7 April 2015, as follows:Name of Director Number of Ordinary SharesDr FB Humer 602Name of PDMRN Blazquez 408D Cutter 4S Fischer 11S Moriarty 451The Ordinary Shares were purchased on the London Stock Exchange on 7 April 2015(with a settlement date of 9 April 2015) at an average price of £19.24.As a result of the above transaction, interests of the director and PDMRs inthe Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company'sLTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's employeebenefit trusts) have increased as follows:Name of Director Number of Ordinary SharesDr FB Humer 58,763Name of PDMRN Blazquez 79,392D Cutter 12,909S Fischer 9,469S Moriarty 42,328J FaheySenior Company Secretarial Assistant
9 April 2015