Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                    
                                                                           
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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 it received notification:

1. on 17 December 2009 that David Gosnell, a Person Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ("PDMR") had on 17 December 2009 transferred 5,127 ordinary
shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") held in his
own name to his spouse.

2. today that Ian Wright, a PDMR, had sold 1,000 Ordinary Shares on 18 December
2009 at a price per share of £10.51.

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 potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)
are as follows:

Name of PDMR                        Number of Ordinary Shares              
                                                                           
D Gosnell                           64,260                                 
                                                                           
I Wright                            23,207                                 

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

18 December 2009