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:

 1. It received notification on 13 November 2012 that on 12 November 2012 the
    Company released ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company
    ("Ordinary Shares") and American Depositary Shares (ADS")* to the following
    directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMRs") in
    respect of notional dividends that had accrued on shares vested on 26
    September 2012 under the Company's performance share plan:
   
Name of Director Number of Ordinary Number of       Balance of Ordinary 
                 Shares             Ordinary Shares retained and        
                                    sold#           beneficially owned  
                                                                        
P Walsh          24,062             12,544          11,518              
                                                                 
      
Name of Director Number of ADS      Number of ADS   Balance of ADS      
                                    sold#           retained and        
                                                    beneficially owned  
                                                                        
D Mahlan         997                520             477                 
                                                                        
I Menezes        2,470              1,141           1,329               
                                                                    
    
Name of PDMR     Number of Ordinary Number of       Balance of Ordinary 
                 Shares released    Ordinary Shares Shares retained and 
                                    sold#           beneficially owned  
                                                                        
N Blazquez       2,583              1,347           1,236               
                                                                        
A Fennell        4,062              2,118           1,944               
                                                                        
G Ghostine       4,356              1,529           2,827               
                                                                        
D Gosnell        4,125              2,151           1,974               
                                                                        
J Grover         4,449              2,320           2,129               
                                                                        
A Morgan         6,100              3,180           2,920               
                                                                        
G Williams       5,000              2,607           2,393               
                                                                        
I Wright         2,208              1,152           1,056               
                                                                        
Name of PDMR     Number of ADS      Number of ADS   Balance of ADS      
                 released           shares sold#    shares retained and 
                                                    beneficially owned  
                                                                        
J Millian        1,026              375             651                 
                                                                        
T Proctor        1,822              915             907                 
                                                                        
L Schwartz       1,092              505             587                 

 2. It received notification today that Mr Fennell, a PDMR, exercised options
    on 12 November 2012 over Ordinary Shares under the Company's Senior
    Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP") as set out below:
   
No. of Ordinary    Date of grant         Price per share 
Shares                                                   
                                                         
53,734             27 October 2008       £8.77           
                                                         
85,346             17 September 2009     £9.52           

Mr Fennell subsequently sold 135,603 Ordinary Shares on 12 November 2012, at a
price per share of £18.07. Mr Fennell retains the balance of 3,477 Ordinary
Shares.

 3. It received notification today that Mr Fennell had transferred 12,768
    Ordinary Shares as part of a divorce settlement on 12 November 2012.
   
 4. It received notification today, that Mr Walsh, a Director sold 50,000
    Ordinary Shares on 12 November 2012, at a price per share of £18.01.
   
As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in the
Company's Ordinary Shares and American Depository Shares ("ADS")* (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                          
                                                                         
D Mahlan                 122,518 (of which 121,943 are held as ADS)      
                                                                         
I Menezes                515,256 (of which 422,258 are held as ADS)      
                                                                         
P Walsh                  764,582                                         
                                                                         
Name of PDMR             No. of Ordinary Shares                          
                                                                         
N Blazquez               73,527                                          
                                                                         
A Fennell                28,059                                          
                                                                         
G Ghostine               105,386 (of which 33,177 are held as ADS)       
                                                                         
D Gosnell                109,623                                         
                                                                         
J Grover                 185,269                                         
                                                                         
A Morgan                 199,286                                         
                                                                         
G Williams               220,391 (of which 6,493 are held as ADS)        
                                                                         
I Wright                 51,555                                          
                                                                         
                         No. of ADSs                                     
                                                                         
J Millian                20,449                                          
                                                                         
T Proctor                42,595                                          
                                                                         
L Schwartz               20,172                                          




J Nicholls
Deputy Secretary
13 November 2012

*1 ADS is equal to 4 Ordinary Shares