Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:     Regulatory Information Service                                    
                                                                           
         PR Newswire                                                       
                                                                           
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 on 1
December 2009 that the following directors and Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ("PDMR") had today received Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108
pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") upon the exercise of options under the
Diageo UK Sharesave Scheme 2000, as follows:

Name of Director   Grant Date           Option Price   No. of Ordinary Shares
                                                                             
NC Rose            1 December 2004      £5.67          2,914                 
                                                                             
Name of PDMR       Grant date           Option Price   No. of Ordinary Shares
                                                                             
N Blazquez         1 December 2004      £5.67          582                   
                                                                             
A Fennell          1 December 2004      £5.67          1,165                 
                                                                             
I Wright           1 December 2004      £5.67          1,165                 

As a result of these 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) have increased as follows:

Name of Director                       No. of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                             
NC Rose                                470,308                               
                                                                             
Name of PDMR                           No. of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                             
N Blazquez                             44,738                                
                                                                             
A Fennell                              24,355                                
                                                                             
I Wright                               24,189                                

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

1 December 2009