Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                    
                                                                           
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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 :

 1. Ms Betsy Holden, a director, purchased 1,025 American Depositary Shares
    ("ADS")* on 16 May 2012, at a price per ADS of $97.97. The ADSs are held in
    a trust in her own name.
   
As a result of the above, Ms Holden's interests in the Company's ADSs is 4,350.

 2. Mr Ian Wright, a person discharging managerial responsibilities, sold 1,000
    ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares")
    at a price per Ordinary Share of £15.48.
   
As a result of the above transaction, Mr Wright's interests in the Ordinary
Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a
potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) is 36,377.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

17 May 2012

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.