Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service

PR Newswire

RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

The notifications listed below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification:

 1. On 8 March 2012, that Ivan Menezes, a Person Discharging Managerial
    Responsibilities ("PDMR"), acquired an interest in the Company's ordinary
    shares of 28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") (in the form of American
    Depositary Shares ("ADS")*) by way of a one-off award under the Company's
    Discretionary Incentive Plan ("DIP"), approved by shareholders on 14
    October 2009. There are performance conditions attached to the release of
    this award under the DIP, and the award will vest, subject to achievement
    of the performance conditions, as shown below.
   
Name of PDMR  Number of ADSs     March   March   March   March  
                                 2016    2017    2018    2019   
                                                                
I Menezes     117,142            25%     25%     25%     25%    

 2. On 9 March 2012, that Gareth Williams, a PDMR sold 25,000 Ordinary Shares
    on 9 March 2012, at a price per share of £15.32.
   
As a result of the above transaction the interests of Mr Williams' in the
Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs
and interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit
Trusts) has decreased to 173,840 (of which 6,375 are held as ADS).

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

9 March 2012

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.