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
September 2008, that Mr PS Walsh, a director, had exercised options on 9
September 2008 over 100,000 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the
Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted on 11 October 2002 at a price per share of
£7.59 under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan. Mr Walsh
subsequently sold 95,000 Ordinary Shares, on 9 September 2008, at a price per
share of £10.50.

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 718,373.

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

9 September 2008