Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                      
                                                                             
         PR Newswire                                                         
                                                                             
RE:      PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF                                                  
                                                                             
         THE DISCLOSURE RULES                                                

The notifications listed below are each in respect of a single transaction of
which notification was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure Rules
and, in respect of directors of Diageo plc only, Section 324 of the Companies
Act 1985.

Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that on 20 September 2005:

1) the directors shown below were granted the following options over the
Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ('Ordinary Shares') under the
Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan: 

Name of Director                      No. of Ordinary Shares                   
                                                                               
N C Rose                              262,269                                  
                                                                               
P S Walsh                             455,521                                  

2) the 'Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities' shown below were
granted the following options over Ordinary Shares or American Depositary
Shares ('ADS') under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan: 

Name of Person                       No. of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                             
S Fletcher                           117,177                                 
                                                                             
J Grover                             96,625                                  
                                                                             
A Morgan                             125,766                                 
                                                                             
G Williams                           105,214                                 
                                                                             
Name of Person                       No. of ADS*                             
                                                                             
R Malcolm                            32,196                                  
                                                                             
I Menezes                            50,505                                  
                                                                             
T Proctor                            40,530                                  

Each option was granted at a price of £8.15 per Ordinary Share (or $59.40 per
ADS) and is exercisable between 20 September 2008 and 19 September 2015,
subject to the satisfaction of performance criteria.

* (1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares)

20 September 2005