Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that on 12 May 2006 it received
notification from Mr RM Malcolm, a Person Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ("PDMR"), that, on 12 May 2006, he sold 5,000 American
Depository Shares in the Company ("ADS")* at a price of US$68.45 per ADS.

As a result of the above transaction, Mr Malcolm's interest in ADSs (excluding
options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a potential
beneficiary of the Company's employee benefit trusts) is 21,728.

(*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the
Company)

15 May 2006