Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                       
                                                                               
          PR Newswire                                                          
                                                                               
RE:       Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules             

The following notification was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 12 April
2012 that Dr FB Humer, a director of the Company, as participant in the Diageo
Dividend Reinvestment Plan had received 373 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence
in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in lieu of the interim dividend paid on 10
April 2012.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 10 April 2012 (with a settlement date of
13 April 2012) at an average price of £15.27.

As a result of the above transaction Dr FB Humer's interests in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's employee benefit trusts)
has increased to 39,484.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

13 April 2012