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 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 final dividend paid on 22 October 2007 as
follows:

Name of Director                  Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                           
Lord Blyth                                           2,681                 
                                                                           
NC Rose                                              6,485                 

The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 22, 23 and 24 October 2007 (with a
settlement date of 29 October 2007) at an average price of £11.019.

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                                             151,190                 
                                                                               
NC Rose                                                372,330                 

29 October 2007