Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                       
                                                                               
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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 25
October 2011 that Dr FB Humer, a director, as a participant in the Diageo
Dividend Reinvestment Plan received 558 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in
the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in respect of the final dividend paid on 24
October 2011.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 24 October 2011 (with a settlement date
of 27 October 2011) at an average price of £13.41.

As a result of the above transaction, Dr Humer's interests in the Company's
Ordinary Shares have increased to 35,639.

J Nicholls

Deputy Secretary

26 October 2011