Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service

PR Newswire

RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

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

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 19
November 2009 from Larry Schwartz, a Person Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities, that he had exercised options on 18 November 2009 over 13,256
American Depositary Shares ("ADS"*) granted on 11 October 2004 at a price per
ADS of $50.92 under the Company's Executive Share Option Plan.

Mr Schwartz subsequently sold 13,100 ADSs on 18 November 2009, at a price per
ADS of $68.88. He retains the balance of 156 ADSs.

As a result of the above transaction, the interests of Mr Schwartz in the
Company's ADSs (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)
has increased to 4,355.

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the
Company.

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

20 November 2009