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 all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that: 1. it received notification on 10 November 2009 of the following allocations of ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), namely: (i) the following directors of the Company were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 November 2009 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the "Trustee"): Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares N C Rose 18 P S Walsh 18 (ii) the following "Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities" ("PDMR") were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 November 2009 under the Plan, by the Trustee: Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares N Blazquez 18 S Fletcher 18 D Gosnell 18 J Grover 18 A Morgan 18 G Williams 18 I Wright 18 The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased on behalf of the employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted from salary ("Sharepurchase") and those awarded to the employee by the Company ("Sharematch") on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every two Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares. The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch Ordinary Shares were awarded at a price per share of £10.28. The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee and in the name of the Trustee. Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can normally be sold at any time. Sharematch Ordinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three years after the award date. 2. it received notification on 10 November 2009 from Dr F B Humer, a director of the Company, that he had purchased 773 Ordinary Shares on 10 November 2009 under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £8,000 each month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary Shares. Dr Humer has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he remains a director of the Company. The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £10.28. 3. it received notification on 10 November 2009 from Mr H T Stitzer, a director of the Company, that he had purchased 97 Ordinary Shares on 10 November 2009 under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £1,000 each month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary Shares. The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £10.28. 4. it received notification on 10 November 2009 that Mr Rose, a director, exercised an option on 10 November 2009 over 262,269 Ordinary Shares granted on 20 September 2005 at a price per share of £8.15 under the under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP"). Mr Rose subsequently sold 259,346 Ordinary Shares on 10 November 2009, at a price per share of £10.40. Mr Rose retains the balance of 2,923 Ordinary Shares. 5. it received notification on 10 November 2009 that Mr Walsh, a director, exercised an option on 10 November 2009 over 79,584 Ordinary Shares granted on 10 October 2003 at a price per share of £6.49 under the SESOP. Mr Walsh subsequently sold 78,584 Ordinary Shares on 10 November 2009, at a price per share of £10.25. Mr Walsh retains the balance of 1,000 Ordinary Shares. 6. it received notification on 10 November 2009, that Mr Fletcher, a PDMR, had on 10 November 2009 transferred 95,000 Ordinary Shares held in his own name to his spouse. 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 Dr F B Humer 17,958 N C Rose 467,394 H T Stitzer 7,225 P S Walsh 723,290 Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares N Blazquez 43,713 S Fletcher 152,449 D Gosnell 60,665 J Grover 150,051 A Morgan 177,157 G Williams 245,671 (of which 6,088 are held in the form of ADS*) I Wright 23,024 P D Tunnacliffe Company Secretary 10 November 2009 *1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

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