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 today that
Paul Walsh, a director, exercised an option on 21 October 2010 over 150,000
ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares")
granted on 11 October 2002 at a price per share of £7.59 under the Company's
Senior Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP").

Mr Walsh subsequently sold 140,000 Ordinary Shares on 21 October 2010, at a
price per share of £12.07. Mr Walsh retains the balance of 10,000 Ordinary
Shares.

As a result of the above transactions, the interests of Mr Walsh 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) have increased to 663,758

J Nicholls

Deputy Secretary

21 October 2010