Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service

PR Newswire

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 17 April
2007, that Mr Andrew Morgan, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities,
had exercised options on 16 April 2007 over 22,368 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/
108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted on 18 April 1997 at a
price per share of £4.94 under the Guinness Share Option Plan. Mr Morgan
subsequently sold 21,809 Ordinary Shares on 16 April 2007, at a price per share
of £10.375.

Mr Morgan retains beneficial ownership of the balance of 559 Ordinary Shares.

As a result of the above, Mr Morgan's interests in the Company's Ordinary
Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a
potential beneficiary of the Company's employee benefit trusts) has increased
to 131,415.

18 April 2007