Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service

PR Newswire

RE: PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF

THE DISCLOSURE RULES

The notifications listed below were received under paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 23 March
2006 from S R Fletcher, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities, that:

a) on 21 March 2006 he sold 6,398 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108 pence in the
Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of £9.16 per Ordinary Share;

b) he acquired a total of 344 Ordinary Shares under the Diageo Dividend
Reinvestment Plan (120 on 27 October 2004 at a price per Ordinary Share of £
7.194, 87 on 18 April 2005 at a price per Ordinary Share of £7.826 and 137 on
26 October 2005 at a price of £8.202); and

c) following a transfer from one of his nominee accounts on 7 January 2005, the
balance of Ordinary Shares held in his Individual Savings Account increased by
934.

As a result of the above, Mr Fletcher's interest in Ordinary Shares (excluding
options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a potential
beneficiary of the Company's employee benefit trusts) is 107,314.

24 March 2006