DISCRETIONARY PLAN OPTIONS EXERCISE PROCESS HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR OPTIONS

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1 DISCRETIONARY PLAN OPTIONS EXERCISE PROCESS HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR OPTIONS

2 IF YOU HAVEN T ACTIVATED YOUR ACCOUNT YET, THEN THAT S STEP 1. You received an activation on Monday 6 th August 2018 from Shareworks. Find this and click on the activate link. If you need any help contact us on +44 (0) or Diageoshareplans@Diageo.com

3 LOGGING INTO THE MYDIAGEOSHARES PORTAL If you have activated your account: Go to mydiageoshares.com & click Login select the relevant link Current Employee or Left the business Current employees can access via Single Sign on! If you re an active employee and are not already connected to the Diageo network you may be asked to sign into Okta using your Windows credentials. If you have Left the business then you will be asked for the username and password that you created when you activated your new account

4 IF YOU HAVEN T COMPLETED THESE STEPS AT ACTIVATION YOU WILL NEED TO COMPLETE THEM NOW. Everyone needs to complete MiFID Self Certification ONLY if you are resident in the US do you need to complete W9 form

5 ONCE YOU ARE LOGGED IN. Select Stock options and awards Note: You can select model exercise if you want to see how much your options is worth Find the option that you wish to exercise and click on exercise

6 You can choose to: Sell All - the shares and receive you net funds Sell to cover the costs and the remaining shares will be registered in your name Hold All you must pay any option cost, tax liabilities and fees A real time quote will be provided you can refresh this throughout the process Enter the Exercise Quantity If you wish to exercise more than one grant click on Multiple Grants

7 SELL ALL ORDER DETAILS You have the choice to request the broker to settle at the best available price or to set a limit price for the trade. NOTE : Bank details will only be required if you haven t already input them on the new portal during. If required you can input them on the next screen.

8 SELL ALL ORDER DETAILS.CONTINUED Choose your method of payment Click on Enter Banking Information

9 SELL TO COVER OR HOLD ALL ORDER DETAILS Ordinary shares held either Sharestore or Share certificate ADS are held in the Direct Registration System (DRS) The screen will confirm where your retained shares will be held and this is decided by the type of shares and where you are resident.

10 FOR ALL TRANSACTIONS Complete the Exercise Directions Form and click accept All your transaction details will display in the Verify Section

11 FOR ALL TRANSACTIONS Once you verified the exercise details enter your login password. You would have created this at the time of activating your Shareworks Account. This is requested for security purposes. Click on Submit Exercise

12 VIEW TRANSACTION STATUS Select Stock option and award Pick Transaction History Pick the option you have exercised and click on your reference number You can see the status of your transaction

13 TAX WITHHOLDING POLICY Diageo has an obligation to manage any employee share transactions in line with the local tax regulations in each market. You can see your estimated tax withholding when you are exercising your option. This will be visible when you model your exercise or when you are selecting your delivery method. A standard global policy was implemented from 1 November 2012 to deduct the marginal tax rate in the geography the employee is eligible to pay tax. This tax withholding amount will be paid by Diageo to the local tax authority You will receive a tax transaction report with details of the marginal tax deduction, it will be loaded onto to your online portal account and will be sent via from diageoshareplans@diageo.com

14 Diageo Sharestore Plans Team If you elect to retain shares and your shares are transferred into the Diageo Sharestore you can manage your Sharestore account at Contact details: +44 (0) m Share Certificate If you elect to retain shares and are not eligible to hold them in the Diageo Sharestore your shares will be entered onto the Diageo Register of Members and a share certificate sent to you. You can manage your account online through the shareholder portal at Contact details for Link, Diageo s Registrars +44 (0) Diageo@Linkgroup.co.uk Direct Direct Registration Registration System System If you retain ADS these will be sent to the DRS and you will receive a communication from Computershare You can manage your account online at www-us.computershare.com/investor Contact details: Toll free number if calling within the US or if calling from outside the US