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 25
November 2009 from Deirdre Mahlan, a Person Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities, that she had exercised options on 24 November 2009 over 8,998
American Depositary Shares ("ADS"*) granted on 10 October 2003 at a price per
ADS of $43.82 under the Company's Executive Share Option Plan.

Ms Mahlan subsequently sold 8,898 ADSs on 24 November 2009, at a price per ADS
of $68.819. She retains the balance of 100 ADSs.

As a result of the above transaction, the interests of Ms Mahlan in the
Company's ADSs (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)
has increased to 3,677.

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the
Company.

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

26 November 2009