Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service

PR Newswire

RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

The following notification was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification yesterday
that Deirdre Mahlan, a Director of the Company, had on 4 April 2011 purchased
3,021 American Depository Shares* in the Company ("ADS") to be held in her 401K
nominee account at a price per ADS of $76.75.

As a result of the above transaction Mrs Mahlan's interests in the Company's
ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as
potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) has increased
to 8,863.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

7 April 2011

*1 American Depositary Share is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.