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
November 2011 that, on that date, Philip Scott, a director, sold 15,000
ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), at
a price per Ordinary Share of £13.27.

Following this transaction, Mr Scott retains an interest in 10,000 of the
Company's Ordinary Shares.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

18 November 2011