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 on 1 October 2012:

 1. the directors shown below were granted the following options over the
    Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") or
    American Depositary Shares ("ADS")*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             146,299             
                                         
P S Walsh            264,845             
                                         
                     No. of ADS          
                                         
I Menezes            46,575              

 2. the Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") shown below
    were granted the following options over Ordinary Shares or ADSs under the
    SESOP: 
   
Name of PDMR     No. of Ordinary Shares
                                       
N Blazquez       60,958                
                                       
A Fennell        60,240                
                                       
G Ghostine       57,009                
                                       
D Gosnell        54,216                
                                       
J Grover         53,124                
                                       
A Morgan         71,394                
                                       
G Williams       60,814                
                                       
I Wright         31,669                
                                       
                 No. of ADS            
                                       
R Millian        13,351                
                                       
T Proctor        24,398                
                                       
L Schwartz       13,928                

Each option was granted at a price of £17.43 per Ordinary Share (or $112.72 per
ADS) and is exercisable between 1 October 2015 and 30 September 2022, subject
to the satisfaction of performance criteria.

 3. the directors shown below acquired an interest in Ordinary Shares or ADSs
    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          134,653                
                                         
P S Walsh         304,702                
                                         
                  No. of ADS             
                                         
I Menezes         54,927                 

 4. the PDMRs shown below acquired an interest in Ordinary Shares or ADSs in
    the form of awards under the PSP, as follows: 
   
   
Name of PDMR

No. of Ordinary Shares                       
                                             
N Blazquez             63,118                
                                             
A Fennell              62,376                
                                             
G Ghostine             59,029                
                                             
D Gosnell              56,138                
                                             
J Grover               55,007                
                                             
A Morgan               73,924                
                                             
G Williams             62970                 
                                             
I Wright               27,326                
                                             
                       No. of ADS*           
                                             
R Millian              14,171                
                                             
T Proctor              23,018                
                                             
L Schwartz             18,086                

The performance period commenced on 1 July 2012 and, subject to the rules of
the PSP and the satisfaction of performance conditions, the awards will vest in
October 2015.

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 unchanged.

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

J Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
2 October 2012