Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service

PR Newswire

RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

The notification below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 23
November 2009 that the grant of options to subscribe for American Depositary
Shares ("ADS"*) under the Company's US Employee Stock Purchase Plan (also known
as the US Sharevalue Plan) to the following Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ("PDMR") had been confirmed on 18 November 2009:

Name of PDMR    Grant Date       No of ADS*  Grant price Exercisable        
                                 granted     per ADS*                       
                                                                            
D Mahlan        1 October 2009   381.6066    $52.41      31 December 2010   
                                                                            
I Menezes       1 October 2009   381.6066    $52.41      31 December 2010   
                                                                            
R Millian       1 October 2009   381.6066    $52.41      31 December 2010   

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

24 November 2009

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the
Company.