Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                       
                                                                               
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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 it received notification on 11
December 2012 that the following Director & Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ("PDMRs") were granted an estimated number of options to
subscribe for American Depository Shares ("ADS")* under the USESPP as follows:

Name of         Grant Date        Estimated No Grant      Exercisable          
Director                          of ADS       price per                       
                                  granted      ADS                             
                                                                               
I Menezes       1 October 2012    208          $95.81     31 December 2013     
                                                                               
Name of         Grant Date        Estimated No Grant      Exercisable          
                                  of ADS       price per                       
PDMR                              granted      ADS                             
                                                                               
R Millian       1 October 2012    208          $95.81     31 December 2013     
                                                                               
T Proctor       1 October 2012    208          $95.81     31 December 2013     
                                                                               
L Schwartz      1 October 2012    208          $95.81     31 December 2013     

As a result of the above transactions, interests of the director and PDMRs in
the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") and
ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as
potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) remain as
follows:

Name of Director              Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                       
I Menezes                     519,256 (of which 426,258 are held as    
                              ADS)                                     
                                                                       
Name of PDMR                  Number of ADS                            
                                                                       
R Millian                     20,807                                   
                                                                       
T Proctor                     38,595                                   
                                                                       
L Schwartz                    20,172                                   

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

11 December 2012

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.