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") makes the following announcements:

1. It received notification on 28 November 2012 that Ian Wright, a person
discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised options on 27
November 2012 over 55,672 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the
Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted on 17 September 2009 at a price per share
of £9.52 under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP"). Mr
Wright subsequently sold 48,981 Ordinary Shares on 27 November 2012, at a
price per share of £18.80. Mr Wright retains the balance of 6,691 Ordinary
Shares. As a result of the above transactions, Mr Wright's interests in the
Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs
and interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit
Trusts) have increased to 58,246.

2. It received notification on 28 November 2012 that Randy Millian, a PDMR,
exercised options on 27 November 2012 over American Depository Shares in the
Company ("ADS")* as set out below:

Plan granted under  No. of ADSs   Date of grant     Price per ADS
Diageo Share Option 17,169        11 October 2004   $50.92
Plan
SESOP               18,513        20 September 2009 $59.40

Of the shares arising, Mr Millian sold 35,324 ADSs at an average price per ADS
of $118.52 and retained the balance of 358 ADSs. As a result of the above
transactions, Mr Millian's interests in the Company's 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 20,807.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

28 November 2012

*1 ADS is equal to 4 Ordinary Shares