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") announces that:

 1. on 26 September 2012 the Company released Ordinary Shares to the following
    person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") in respect of
    awards made under the Company's discretionary incentive plan ("DIP") on 16
    September 2008:
   
Name of PDMR     Number of Ordinary  Number of       Balance of Ordinary  
                 Shares released     Ordinary Shares Shares retained and  
                                     sold#           beneficially owned   
                                                                          
G Williams       25,765              13,432          12,333               

The Ordinary Shares were sold at a price per share of £17.47.

 2. on 26 September 2012 the Company released Ordinary Shares and ADSs to the
    following directors and PDMRS under the Company's performance share plan
    ("PSP") at a level of 65%. The awards were made on 17 September 2009. The
    balance of each award has lapsed.
   
 3. 
   
Name of Director

                                Balance of                       
Number of       Number of       Ordinary                         
Ordinary Shares Ordinary Shares retained and                     
                sold#           beneficially                     
                                owned                            
                                                                 
P Walsh         315,972         164,717          151,255         
                                                                 
Name of         Number of ADS   Number of ADS    Balance of ADS  
Director                        sold#            retained and    
                                                 beneficially    
                                                 owned           
                                                                 
D Mahlan        13,224          6,894            6,330           
                                                                 
Name of PDMR    Number of       Number of        Balance of      
                Ordinary Shares Ordinary Shares  Ordinary Shares 
                released        sold#            retained and    
                                                 beneficially    
                                                 owned           
                                                                 
N Blazquez               33,922 17,684           16,238          
                                                                 
A Fennell                53,345 27,809           25,536          
                                                                 
G Ghostine               57,200 20,071           37,129          
                                                                 
D Gosnell                54,166 28,237           25,929          
                                                                 
J Grover                 58,433 30,462           27,971          
                                                                 
A Morgan                 80,100 41,757           38,343          
                                                                 
G Williams               65,656 34,227           31,429          
                                                                 
I Wright                 28,997 15,117           13,880          
                                                                 
Name of PDMR    Number of ADS   Number of ADS    Balance of ADS  
                released        shares sold#     shares retained 
                                                 and beneficially
                                                 owned           
                                                                 
I Menezes                32,745 15,124           17,621          
                                                                 
J Millian                13,601 4,970            8,631           
                                                                 
T Proctor                24,148 12,122           12,026          
                                                                 
L Schwartz               14,483 6,689            7,794           

The Ordinary Shares were sold at a price per share of £17.47 and the ADSs were
sold a price per ADS of $112.76:

As a result of the above transactions the interests of the Director and PDMRs
in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADS's (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                  120,408 (of which 119,854 are held as ADS)       
                                                                           
I Menezes                 509,730 (of which 416,732 are held as ADS)       
                                                                           
P Walsh                   803,043                                          
                                                                           
Name of PDMR              No. of Ordinary Shares                           
                                                                           
N Blazquez                72,270                                           
                                                                           
A Fennell                 35,406                                           
                                                                           
G Ghostine                102,499 (of which 33,126 are held as ADS)        
                                                                           
D Gosnell                 107,628                                          
                                                                           
J Grover                  183,119                                          
                                                                           
A Morgan                  189,379                                          
                                                                           
G Williams                217,908 (of which 6,424 are held as ADS)         
                                                                           
I Wright                  50,478                                           
                                                                           
                          No. of ADSs                                      
                                                                           
J Millian                 19,760                                           
                                                                           
T Proctor                 41,688                                           
                                                                           
L Schwartz                19,528                                           

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

27 September 2012

# Ordinary Shares/ADS sold to meet the requirement to reimburse the Company for
PAYE tax and National Insurance/social security liabilities on awards released
under the DIP and the PSP.

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.