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") reports that it received notification on 16 June
2011 that Deirdre Mahlan, a director, exercised options on 15 June 2011 over
12,000 American Depository Shares in the Company ("ADS")* granted on 20
September 2005 at a price per ADS of $59.40 under the Diageo Share Option Plan.
Ms Mahlan retains the 12,000 ADS.

As a result of the above transaction, Ms Mahlan's interests in the Company's
Ordinary Shares and ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs
and interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit
Trusts) have increased to 20,901 ADS.

J Nicholls

Deputy Secretary

16 June 2011