Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                    
                                                                           
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RE:      Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules          

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification:

1. on 9 December 2008, from Mr PS Walsh, a director, that he had exercised an
option on 9 December 2008 over 100,000 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108 pence each
in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted on 10 October 2003 at a price per
share of £6.49 under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan
("SESOP").

Mr Walsh subsequently sold 99,000 Ordinary Shares, on 9 December 2008, at a
price per share of £9.526, and retains beneficial ownership of the balance of
1,000 Ordinary Shares.

2. on 8 December 2008, from Mr I Wright, a Person Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ("PDMR"), that he had exercised the following options over
Ordinary Shares under the SESOP, on 8 December 2008:

Grant Date              No of Ordinary Shares Grant price per Ordinary
                        granted               Share                   
                                                                      
11 October 2004         20,507                £7.07                   
                                                                      
20 September 2005       27,978                £8.15                   
                                                                      

Mr Wright subsequently sold 42,230 Ordinary Shares, on 8 December 2008, at a
price per share of £9.30, and retains beneficial ownership of the balance of
6,255 Ordinary Shares.

3. on 8 December 2008, from Mr D Gosnell, a PDMR, that he had transferred 3,048
Ordinary Shares held in his own name to his spouse, on 8 December 2008.

As a result of the above transactions, the 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                       No. of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                             
PS Walsh                               719,723                               
                                                                             
Name of PDMR                           No. of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                             
D Gosnell                              59,336                                
                                                                             
I Wright                               32,347                                

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

9 December 2008