Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service

PR Newswire

RE: PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF

THE DISCLOSURE 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 3 October
2012 that the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR")
named below were granted options to subscribe for ordinary shares of 28 101/108
pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the Company's UK Sharesave
Plan 2010 on 3 October 2012, namely:

Name of PDMR No. of Ordinary Shares Dates Option Exercisable between

G Williams 665 1 December 2015 and 31 May 2016

I Wright 652 1 December 2015 and 31 May 2016

Each option has been granted at a price of £13.52 per Ordinary Share.

J Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
4 October 2012