Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                       
                                                                               
          PR Newswire                                                          
                                                                               
RE:       Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules             

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification today that
the following directors, as participants in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment
Plan (the "Plan") received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company
("Ordinary Shares") in respect of the interim dividend paid on 10 April 2007 as
follows:

Name of Director                  Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                           
Lord Blyth                                           1,661                 
                                                                           
NC Rose                                              4,221                 
                                                                           
JR Symonds*                                             61                 

The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 10 and 11 April 2007 (with a settlement
date of 16 April 2007) at an average price of £10.417.

As a result of the above transaction, these directors' interests in the
Company's 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 Director                      Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                               
Lord Blyth                                             142,572                 
                                                                               
NC Rose                                                360,452                 
                                                                               
JR Symonds*                                              5,159                 

* In respect of shares held by spouse

16 April 2007