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 it received notification today that
Ms Betsy Holden, a director, had purchased 1,300 American Depositary Shares
("ADS")* on 26 August 2011, at a price per ADS of $77.06. The ADSs are held in
a trust in her own name.

As a result of the above, Ms Holden's interests in the Company's ADSs is 3,325.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

30 August 2011

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.