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
Gilbert Ghostine, a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"),
exercised options on 16 April 2010 over 31,613 ordinary shares of 28 101/108
pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted on 10 October 2004 at a
price per share of £7.07 under the Company's Executive Share Option Plan and
over 20,933 Ordinary Shares granted on 20 September 2005 at a price per share
of £8.15 under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan.

Mr Ghostine subsequently sold 52,020 Ordinary Shares on 16 April 2010, at a
price per share of £11.54. Mr Ghostine retains the balance of 526 Ordinary
Shares.

As a result of the above transactions the interests of Mr Ghostine in the
Company's Ordinary Shares and American Depositary Shares ("ADS") (excluding
options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a potential
beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) has increased to 40,564
(of which 32,780 are held as ADS*).

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

16 April 2010

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.