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:

 1. it received notification on 20 September 2011 that on 20 September 2011 it
    released from treasury 348,129 ordinary shares of 28101/108 pence each
    ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans
    including the Company's Discretionary Incentive Plan ("DIP"). The average
    price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was
    1,002.73 pence per share.
   
Following this release, the Company holds 249,592,406 Ordinary shares as
treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding
shares held as treasury shares) is 2,504,408,689.

 2. on 19 September 2011 the Company released Ordinary Shares and American
    Depository Shares ("ADS(s)*") to the following director and persons
    discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") in respect of awards made
    under the DIP:
   
Name of Director Number of ADS      Number of ADS   Balance of ADS      
                                    sold#           retained and        
                                                    beneficially owned  
                                                                        
D Mahlan         2,608              -               2,608               
                                                                        
Name of PDMR     Number of Ordinary Number of       Balance of Ordinary 
                 Shares released    Ordinary Shares Shares retained and 
                                    sold#           beneficially owned  
                                                                        
N Blazquez       11,365             5,925           5,440               
                                                                        
G Ghostine       10,833             -               10,833              
                                                                        
D Gosnell        14,241             7,424           6,817               
                                                                        
G Williams       25,765             13,432          12,333              
                                                                        
Name of PDMR     Number of ADS      Number of ADS   Balance of ADS      
                 released           shares sold#    shares retained and 
                                                    beneficially owned  
                                                                        
I Menezes        31,081             14,385          16,696              
                                                                        
L Schwartz       2,460              894             1,566               


As a result of the above transactions the interests of the Director and PDMRs
in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADS's (excluding options, awards under the
Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's
Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:

Name of Director         No. of ADS's                                      
                                                                           
D Mahlan                 23,547                                            
                                                                           
Name of PDMR             No. of Ordinary Shares                            
                                                                           
N Blazquez               55,903                                            
                                                                           
G Ghostine               62,538 (of which 32,987 are held as ADS)          
                                                                           
D Gosnell                79,435                                            
                                                                           
I Menezes                425,280 (of which 332,282 are held as ADS)        
                                                                           
G Williams               196,246 (of which 6,288 are held as ADS)          
                                                                           
                         No. of ADSs                                       
                                                                           
L Schwartz               7,970                                             
                                                                           

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

20 September 2011

# Ordinary Shares/ADS sold to meet the requirement to reimburse the Company for
PAYE tax and National Insurance/social security liabilities on awards released
under the DIP.

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.