Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service

PR Newswire

RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 17
February 2012:

 1. that on 15 February 2012, Ivan Menezes, a Person Discharging Managerial
    Responsibilities ("PDMR"), exercised an option over the following American
    Depositary Shares ("ADS")* under the Company's Senior Executive Share
    Option Plan:
   
Grant Date           Grant Price        Number of ADS      
                                                           
19 September 2006    $70.38             46,621             
                                                           
27 October 2008      $56.84             37,308             

Mr Menezes subsequently sold 81,929 ADSs on 15 February 2012 at a price per ADS
of $93.92. Mr Menezes retains the balance of 2,000 ADS.

 2. that in connection with the Company's US Employee Stock Purchase Plan (also
    known as the US Sharevalue Plan) (the "USESPP"), the following PDMRs, as
    participants in the USESPP, purchased ADSs on 2 February 2012 at a price of
    $58.78 per ADS, as follows:
   
Name of PDMR           Number of ADSs       
                                            
I Menezes              340.255              
                                            
R Millian              340.255              
                                            
T Proctor              340.255              
                                            
L Schwartz             340.255              

As a result of these transactions, the interests of the PDMRs in the Company's
ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each and 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 PDMR      No. of Ordinary Shares      No. of ADS              
                                                                      
I Menezes         439,030 (of which 346,033                           
                  held as ADS)                                        
                                                                      
R Millian                                     11,103                  
                                                                      
T Proctor                                     29,658                  
                                                                      
L Schwartz                                    9,374                   

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

20 February 2012

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares