Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                      
                                                                             
         PR Newswire                                                         
                                                                             
RE:      Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules            

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that Mr J C Pollaers, a Person Discharging
Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"), today acquired an interest in 87,658
Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in
the form of a one-off award under the Company's Discretionary Incentive Plan
("DIP"), adopted on 9 November 1999.

There are performance conditions attached to the release of this award under
the DIP, and the award will vest, subject to achievement of the performance
conditions, in three equal instalments in September 2011, September 2012 and
September 2013.

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

1 October 2008