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 19
October 2007, that Mr J Pollaers, a Person Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities, had acquired an interest in 5,493 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/
108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") by way of a release under the
Company's Discretionary Incentive Plan ("DIP") granted on 10 October 2003. The
market price at the date of release was £11.01.

As a result of the above, Mr Pollaers'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 45,397.

19 October 2007.