Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service

PR Newswire

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
on 28 December 2011, I M 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   Maximum percentage    Maximum percentage   
                                vesting in 2014       vesting in 2015      
                                                                           
I Menezes      16,063           40%                   60%                  

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

28 December 2011