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:

1) it received notification on 2 November 2009 that Ron Anderson, a person
discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised an option on 2
November 2009 over 35,000 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each 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 ("SESOP"). Mr
Anderson retains ownership of the resulting Ordinary Shares.

2) it received notification on 30 October 2009 that Paul Walsh, a director,
exercised an option on 30 October 2009 over 100,000 Ordinary Shares granted on
10 October 2003 at a price per share of £6.49 under the SESOP.

Mr Walsh subsequently sold 99,000 Ordinary Shares on 30 October 2009, at a
price per share of £10.00. Mr Walsh retains the balance of 1,000 Ordinary
Shares.

As a result of the above transactions the interests of Mr Anderson and Mr Walsh
in the Company's Ordinary Shares and American Depositary Shares ("ADS")
(excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a
potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are as
follows:

Name of PDMR      Number of Ordinary Shares               
                                                          
R Anderson        80,199 (of which 9,584 are held are ADS*)                                      
                                                          
Name of director  Number of Ordinary Shares               
                                                          
P S Walsh         722,272                                 

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

2 November 2009

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.