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 9 May
2008, that Mr PS Walsh, a director, had exercised options on 9 May 2008 over
130,487 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary
Shares") granted on 12 September 2001 at a price per share of £6.87 under the
Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan. Mr Walsh subsequently sold
125,487 Ordinary Shares, on 9 May 2008, at a price per share of £10.40.

Mr Walsh retains beneficial ownership of the balance of 5,000 Ordinary Shares.

As a result of the above, Mr Walsh'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 683,296.

12 May 2008