Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                    
                                                                           
         PR Newswire                                                       
                                                                           
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 17 May
2010 of dealings in ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company
("Ordinary Shares") as follows, on behalf of the spouse of David Gosnell, a
Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities. The shares are held in the name
of R C Greig Nominees Limited and the dealing was carried out by an investment
manager exercising discretion.

On 29 March 2010, 200 Ordinary Shares were sold at a price per share of £11.07
and subsequently re-purchased for a price per share of £11.08.

The interests of Mr Gosnell 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) were unchanged by the
above transactions.

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

18 May 2010