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 single transaction of which
notification was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure Rules and
Section 324 of the Companies Act 1985.

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 23 October 2006 as
follows:

Name of Director                  Number of Ordinary Shares                
                                                                           
Lord Blyth                                           2,588                 
                                                                           
NC Rose                                              5,743                 
                                                                           
JR Symonds*                                             98                 

The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 23, 24 and 25 October 2006 (with a
settlement date of 30 October 2006) at an average price of £9.646.

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                                             134,806                 
                                                                               
NC Rose                                                300,811                 
                                                                               
JR Symonds*                                              5,098                 

* In respect of shares held by spouse

30 October 2006