Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:     Regulatory Information Service                                    
                                                                           
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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 it received notification on 7
December 2009 that:

1) David Gosnell, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"),
exercised an option on 4 December 2009 over 68,125 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/
108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted on 20 September 2005 at a
price per share of £8.15 under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option
Plan.

Mr Gosnell subsequently sold 66,000 Ordinary Shares on 4 December 2009, at a
price per share of £10.40. Mr Gosnell retains the balance of 2,000 Ordinary
Shares.

2) Jim Grover, a PDMR had received 2,914 Ordinary Shares on 7 December 2009 on
the exercise of options under the Diageo UK Sharesave Scheme 2000, granted on 1
December 2004, at an options price per share of £5.67.

As a result of the above transactions the interests of PDMRs in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as a potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit
Trusts) have increased as follows:

Name of PDMR      Number of Ordinary Shares               
                                                          
D Gosnell         64,242                                  
                                                          
J Grover          152,965                                 


P D Tunnacliffe
Company Secretary
8 December 2009