Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service

PR Newswire

RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

The notifications below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 17
October 2007 that:

1. Mr NC Rose, a director, had exercised the following options over Ordinary
Shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the
Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP"), on 17 October 2007:

Grant Date              No of Ordinary Shares Grant price per        
                        granted                                      
                                              Ordinary Share         
                                                                     
10 October 2003         274,461               £6.49                  
                                                                     
11 October 2004         278,465               £7.07                  

Mr Rose subsequently sold 547,926 Ordinary Shares, on 17 October 2007, at an
average price per share of £11.099.

Mr Rose retains beneficial ownership of the balance of 5,000 Ordinary Shares.

2. Mr S Fletcher, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"),
had exercised the following options over Ordinary Shares under the SESOP, on 17
October 2007:

Grant Date              No of Ordinary Shares Grant price per        
                        granted                                      
                                              Ordinary Share         
                                                                     
11 October 2002         2,239                 £7.59                  
                                                                     
10 October 2003         131,394               £6.49                  
                                                                     
11 October 2004         128,498               £7.07                  

Mr Fletcher subsequently sold 258,000 Ordinary Shares, on 17 October 2007, at
an average price per share of £11.001, and transferred 2,000 Ordinary Shares to
his spouse. These 2,000 Ordinary Shares were subsequently sold, on 17 October
2007, at an average price per share of £11.001.

Mr Fletcher retains beneficial ownership of the balance of 2,131 Ordinary
Shares.

3. Mr T Proctor, a PDMR, had exercised the following options over American
Depositary Shares in the Company ("ADS") under the SESOP, on 17 October 2007:

Grant Date              No of ADS* granted    Grant price per ADS*    
                                                                      
11 October 2002         54,530                $47.31                  
                                                                      
10 October 2003         50,234                $43.82                  
                                                                      
11 October 2004         45,365                $50.92                  

Mr Proctor subsequently sold 148,629 ADSs on 17 October 2007, at a price per
ADS of $90.904.

Mr Proctor retains beneficial ownership of the balance of 1,500 ADSs.

4. the following PDMRs were granted options to subscribe for ADSs under the
Company's US Employee Stock Purchase Plan (also known as the US Sharevalue
Plan):

Name of PDMR     Grant Date          No of ADS*     Grant price  
                                     granted        per ADS*     
                                                                 
R Malcolm        1 October 2006      329.9241       $60.62       
                                                                 
I Menezes        1 October 2006      329.9241       $60.62       
                                                                 
T Proctor        1 October 2006      329.9241       $60.62       

As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in the
Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs
and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit
Trusts) are as follows:

Name of Director            Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                     
NC Rose                     365,845                                  
                                                                     
Name of PDMR                Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                     
S Fletcher                  135,341                                  
                                                                     
                            Number of ADS*                           
                                                                     
T Proctor                   28,964                                   

18 October 2007

* 1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.