Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

The notification listed below is in respect of a transaction of which
notification was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure Rules.

Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that:

1. Mr S R Fletcher, a person discharging managerial responsibilities, notified
the Company on 4 October 2005 that:

a. on 4 October 2005, he exercised options over 18,522 Ordinary Shares of 28
101/108 pence each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') granted on 10 April 1996
at a price per share of £4.60 under the Guinness Executive Share Option Scheme
1995 (a legacy scheme of the Company); and

b. on 4 October 2005, he sold 18,522 Ordinary Shares at a price per share of £
8.37.

2. As a result of the above, Mr Fletcher's interests in the Company's Ordinary
Shares (excluding options and awards under the Company's long term incentive
plans) remains as 97,485.

5 October 2005