Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                       
                                                                               
          PR Newswire                                                          
                                                                               
RE:       PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE RULES                              

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that on 20 April 2006 it received
notification that the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
("PDMR"), acquired American Depository Shares ("ADS") as a result of the
reinvestment of the Company's interim dividend paid on 12 April 2006 on their
holdings in the Diageo US Sharevalue Plan:

Name of PDMR                                Number of ADSs                   
                                                                             
I Menezes                                   28                               
                                                                             
T Proctor                                   15                               

The ADSs were purchased on 12 April 2006 at a price of $62.73 per ADS.

As a result of the above transaction, the interests of Mr Menezes and Mr
Proctor in the Company's Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company
("Ordinary Shares") (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's employee benefit trusts)
have increased as follows:

Name of PDMR                          Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                               
I Menezes                             240,854*                                 
                                                                               
                                      Number of ADSs                           
                                                                               
T Proctor                             51,620                                   

* Of which 36,964 are held in the form of ADS. 1 ADS is the equivalent of 4
Ordinary Shares.

21 April 2006