Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:

1) the directors shown below were today granted the following options over the
Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") under the
Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan (the "SESOP"), approved by
shareholders on 15 October 2008: 

Name of Director                     No. of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                             
N C Rose                             287,770                                 
                                                                             
P S Walsh                            493,871                                 

2) the Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") shown below
were today granted the following options over Ordinary Shares or American
Depositary Shares ("ADS") under the SESOP: 

Name of PDMR                         No. of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                             
R Anderson                           94,070                                  
                                                                             
N Blazquez                           70,695                                  
                                                                             
A Fennell                            92,645                                  
                                                                             
S Fletcher                           126,852                                 
                                                                             
G Ghostine                           63,028                                  
                                                                             
D Gosnell                            75,256                                  
                                                                             
J Grover                             101,482                                 
                                                                             
A Morgan                             139,110                                 
                                                                             
J Pollaers                           120,192                                 
                                                                             
G Williams                           114,025                                 
                                                                             
I Wright                             60,433                                  
                                                                             
                                     No. of ADS*                             
                                                                             
R Malcolm                            38,397                                  
                                                                             
I Menezes                            64,325                                  
                                                                             
R Millian                            23,750                                  
                                                                             
T Proctor                            47,435                                  
                                                                             
L Schwartz                           25,290                                  

Each option was granted at a price of £8.77 per Ordinary Share (or $56.84 per
ADS) and is exercisable between 27 October 2011 and 26 October 2018, subject to
the satisfaction of performance criteria.

3) the directors shown below today acquired an interest in Ordinary Shares in
the form of awards under the Company's Performance Share Plan (the "Plan"),
approved by shareholders on 15 October 2008, as follows: 

Name of Director                     No. of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                             
N C Rose                             194,321                                 
                                                                             
P S Walsh                            416,867                                 

4) the PDMRs shown below today acquired an interest in Ordinary Shares or ADSs
in the form of awards under the Plan, as follows: 

Name of PDMR                         No. of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                             
R Anderson                           71,462                                  
                                                                             
N Blazquez                           44,754                                  
                                                                             
A Fennell                            70,380                                  
                                                                             
S Fletcher                           96,366                                  
                                                                             
G Ghostine                           39,901                                  
                                                                             
D Gosnell                            47,641                                  
                                                                             
J Grover                             77,093                                  
                                                                             
A Morgan                             105,678                                 
                                                                             
J Pollaers                           91,306                                  
                                                                             
G Williams                           86,621                                  
                                                                             
I Wright                             38,257                                  
                                                                             
                                     No. of ADS*                             
                                                                             
R Malcolm                            20,902                                  
                                                                             
I Menezes                            35,017                                  
                                                                             
R Millian                            14,545                                  
                                                                             
T Proctor                            25,823                                  
                                                                             
L Schwartz                           15,488                                  

The performance period commenced on 1 July 2008 and, subject to the rules of
the Plan and the satisfaction of performance conditions, the awards will be
vest in October 2011.

5) it received notification today from Ms Laurence Danon, a director, that she
had today purchased 3,000 Ordinary Shares, at a price per share of £8.77.

6) it received notification on 24 October 2008 from Mr David Gosnell, a PDMR,
that he had on 24 October 2008, transferred 3,798 Ordinary Shares held in his
own name, to his spouse.

As a result of the above, the directors' and PDMRs' interests in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as potential beneficiaries of Diageo group employee share trusts) are
as follows:

Name of Director                     No. of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                             
L M Danon                            5,000                                   
                                                                             
N C Rose                             446,099                                 
                                                                             
P S Walsh                            718,704                                 
                                                                             
Name of PDMR                                                                 
                                                                             
R Anderson                           46,705 (of which 9,584 are held in the  
                                     form of ADS*)                           
                                                                             
N Blazquez                           42,519                                  
                                                                             
A Fennell                            16,849                                  
                                                                             
S Fletcher                           151,863                                 
                                                                             
G Ghostine                           39,924 (of which 32,576 are held in the 
                                     form of ADS*)                           
                                                                             
D Gosnell                            56,269**                                
                                                                             
J Grover                             196,307                                 
                                                                             
I Menezes                            318,886 (of which 225,888 are held in   
                                     the form of ADS*)                       
                                                                             
A Morgan                             176,571                                 
                                                                             
J Pollaers                           60,347                                  
                                                                             
G Williams                           243,524 (of which 5,812 are held in the 
                                     form of ADS*)                           
                                                                             
I Wright                             25,501                                  
                                                                             
                                     No. of ADS*                             
                                                                             
R Malcolm                            23,827                                  
                                                                             
R Millian                            9,630                                   
                                                                             
T Proctor                            37,954                                  
                                                                             
L Schwartz                           3,190                                   

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

** the Company received notification on 24 October 2008 that the interests of
Mr D Gosnell had increased by 49,487 Ordinary Shares, as a result of a
correction in the Company's historical records.

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

27 October 2008