Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

The notifications listed below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that on 4 September 2008 it received the
following notifications from the trustee of the Diageo Employee Benefit Trust
(the "Employee Benefit Trust") as detailed below. The Employee Benefit Trust is
a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries and operates primarily in conjunction with the Company's Long Term
Incentive Plan, now called the Total Shareholder Return Plan (the "Plan"),
approved by shareholders on 11 August 1998.

a) Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited, as trustee of the Employee Benefit Trust
(the "Trustee"), had, on 3 September 2008, released ordinary shares of 28 101/
108 pence of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to participants under the Plan at
a level of 35% as follows:

Date of Transaction          No. of Ordinary Shares                            
                                                                               
03.08.2008                   414,991                                           

including Ordinary Shares and American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") transferred
to directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR"),
receiving awards released under the Plan, as follows: 

Name of Director             No. of Ordinary Shares                            
                                                                               
NC Rose                      53,982                                            
                                                                               
PS Walsh                     117,200                                           
                                                                               
Name of PDMR                 No. of Ordinary Shares                            
                                                                               
SR Fletcher                  27,133                                            
                                                                               
JND Grover                   22,374                                            
                                                                               
A Morgan                     29,122                                            
                                                                               
JC Pollaers                  5,204                                             
                                                                               
G Williams                   24,363                                            
                                                                               
                             No. of ADSs*                                      
                                                                               
RM Malcolm                   6,536                                             
                                                                               
I Menezes                    10,252                                            
                                                                               
T Proctor                    8,228                                             

The awards were made on 2 September 2005. The balance of each award has lapsed.

b) the Trustee had, on 3 September 2008, made the following sale of Ordinary
Shares and ADSs to meet the requirement to reimburse the Company for PAYE tax
and National Insurance/social security liabilities on awards released under the
Plan:

Date of Transaction         No. Ordinary Shares Sold Sale Price of Ordinary    
                                                     Shares                    
                                                                               
03.08.2008                  124,145                  £10.24                    
                                                                               
                            No. ADSs Sold            Sale Price of ADSs        
                                                                               
03.08.2008                  10,902                   $73.30                    

including Ordinary Shares and ADSs sold on behalf of directors and PDMRs, as
follows:

Name of Director            No. Ordinary Shares Sold  Sale Price of Ordinary   
                                                      Shares                   
                                                                               
NC Rose                     22,133                    £10.24                   
                                                                               
PS Walsh                    48,052                    £10.24                   
                                                                               
Name of PDMR                                                                   
                                                                               
SR Fletcher                 11,125                    £10.24                   
                                                                               
JND Grover                  9,174                     £10.24                   
                                                                               
A Morgan                    11,941                    £10.24                   
                                                                               
G Williams                  9,989                     £10.24                   
                                                                               
                            No. ADSs Sold             Sale Price of ADSs       
                                                                               
RM Malcolm                  2,710                   $73.30                     
                                                                               
I Menezes                   4,250                   $73.30                     
                                                                               
T Proctor                   3,448                   $73.30                     

As a result of the above release of awards the interests of directors and PDMRs
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) are as follows:

Name of Director            Number of Ordinary Shares                          
                                                                               
NC Rose                     435,405                                            
                                                                               
PS Walsh                    713,373                                            
                                                                               
Name of PDMR                Number of Ordinary Shares                          
                                                                               
SR Fletcher                 151,532                                            
                                                                               
JND Grover                  195,976                                            
                                                                               
I Menezes                   318,886 (of which 201,880 are held in the form of  
                            ADS)                                               
                                                                               
A Morgan                    176,240                                            
                                                                               
JC Pollaers                 54,855                                             
                                                                               
G Williams                  243,144 (of which 5,812 are held in the form of    
                            ADS)                                               
                                                                               
                            No. of ADSs                                        
                                                                               
RM Malcolm                  23,827                                             
                                                                               
T Proctor                   37,954**                                           

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

**the Company received notification on 26 August 2008 that the interests of Mr
T Proctor, a PDMR, have been reduced by 476 ADSs as a result of a correction in
the Company's historical records.

4 September 2008