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 and Paragraph 12.6.4 of the Listing Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:

 1. it received notification today that on 22 September 2011 that the directors
    shown below were granted the following options over the Company's ordinary
    shares of 28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") under the Company's Senior
    Executive Share Option Plan (the "SESOP"), approved by shareholders on 15
    October 2008: 
   
Name of Director     No. of Ordinary     
                     Shares              
                                         
D Mahlan             190,239             
                                         
P S Walsh            374,695             

 2. it received notification today that on 22 September 2011 that the Persons
    Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") shown below were granted
    the following options over Ordinary Shares or American Depositary Shares
    ("ADS")* under the SESOP: 
   
Name of PDMR     No. of Ordinary Shares
                                       
N Blazquez       72,037                
                                       
A Fennell        81,168                
                                       
G Ghostine       79,152                
                                       
D Gosnell        74,472                
                                       
J Grover         73,685                
                                       
A Morgan         101,006               
                                       
G Williams       84,415                
                                       
I Wright         43,879                
                                       
                 No. of ADS            
                                       
I Menezes        51,531                
                                       
R Millian        19,035                
                                       
T Proctor        35,856                
                                       
L Schwartz       19,491                

Each option was granted at a price of £12.32 per Ordinary Share (or $76.70 per
ADS) and is exercisable between 22 September 2014 and 21 September 2021,
subject to the satisfaction of performance criteria.

 3. it received notification today that on 22 September 2011 that the directors
    shown below acquired an interest in Ordinary Shares in the form of awards
    under the Company's Performance Share Plan (the "PSP"), approved by
    shareholders on 15 October 2008, as follows: 
   
Name of Director  No. of Ordinary Shares 
                                         
D Mahlan          159,574                
                                         
P S Walsh         392,872                

 4. it received notification today that on 22 September 2011 that the PDMRs
    shown below acquired an interest in Ordinary Shares or ADSs in the form of
    awards under the PSP, as follows: 
   
 5. 
   
Name of PDMR

No. of Ordinary Shares                       
                                             
N Blazquez             67,978                
                                             
A Fennell              76,595                
                                             
G Ghostine             74,692                
                                             
D Gosnell              70,276                
                                             
J Grover               69,533                
                                             
A Morgan               95,315                
                                             
G Williams             79,659                
                                             
I Wright               34,506                
                                             
                       No. of ADS            
                                             
I Menezes              42,221                
                                             
R Millian              17,545                
                                             
T Proctor              29,378                
                                             
L Schwartz             17,966                

The performance period commenced on 1 July 2011 and, subject to the rules of
the PSP and the satisfaction of performance conditions, the awards will vest in
September 2014.

 5. it received notification today that on 22 September 2011 that the PDMRs
    shown below, acquired an interest in Ordinary Shares in the form 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 Ordinary      Maximum percentage   Maximum percentage  
              Shares                  vesting in 2014      vesting in 2015     
                                                                               
N Blazquez    43,222                  50%                  50%                 
                                                                               
G Ghostine    47,491                  50%                  50%                 
                                                                               
D Gosnell     44,683                  50%                  50%                 
                                                                               
              Number of ADSs                                                   
                                                                               
I Menezes     54,967                  40%                  60%                 
                                                                               
R Millian     3,807                   100%                 -                   

 6. it received notification on 22 September 2011 that the directors and PDMRs
    shown below, together with other eligible employees, were awarded Ordinary
    Shares under the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), an Inland Revenue
    approved plan operated by Diageo Group companies for the benefit of
    employees of the Company and its subsidiaries on 22 September 2011:
   
Name of Director         No. of Ordinary Shares 
                                                
D Mahlan                 243                    
                                                
P S Walsh                243                    
                                                
Name of PDMR             No. of Ordinary Shares 
                                                
N Blazquez               243                    
                                                
A Fennell                243                    
                                                
D Gosnell                243                    
                                                
J Grover                 243                    
                                                
A Morgan                 243                    
                                                
G Williams               243                    
                                                
I Wright                 243                    

The Ordinary Shares were awarded at no cost to Plan participants
("Freeshares"), to a value based on a percentage of the participant's salary on
30 June 2011 and the Company's profits for the financial year ended 30 June
2011, subject to a maximum per SIP participant of £3,000 in value per tax year.
Freeshares are awarded annually and cannot normally be disposed of for a period
of three years after the award date.

As a result of the above transactions the interests of directors and PDMRs in
the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADSs (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 Ordinary Shares                
                                                               
D Mahlan                 94,431 (of which 94,188 are held as   
                         ADS)                                  
                                                               
P S Walsh                671,462                               
                                                               
Name of PDMR             No. of Ordinary Shares                
                                                               
N Blazquez               50,706                                
                                                               
A Fennell                5,298                                 
                                                               
D Gosnell                79,678                                
                                                               
J Grover                 154,822                               
                                                               
A Morgan                 150,710                               
                                                               
G Williams               196,489 (of which 6,288 are held as   
                         ADS)                                  
                                                               
I Wright                 25,508                                

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

23 September 2011