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) the directors shown below were today 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 (the "SESOP"), approved by
shareholders on 15 October 2008: 

Name of Director                     No. of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                             
N C Rose                             265,099                                 
                                                                             
P S Walsh                            454,963                                 

2) the Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") shown below
were today granted the following options over Ordinary Shares or American
Depositary Shares ("ADS") under the SESOP: 

Name of PDMR                         No. of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                             
R Anderson                           86,659                                  
                                                                             
N Blazquez                           65,126                                  
                                                                             
A Fennell                            85,346                                  
                                                                             
S Fletcher                           116,859                                 
                                                                             
G Ghostine                           91,513                                  
                                                                             
D Gosnell                            69,327                                  
                                                                             
J Grover                             93,487                                  
                                                                             
A Morgan                             128,151                                 
                                                                             
G Williams                           105,042                                 
                                                                             
I Wright                             55,672                                  
                                                                             
                                     No. of ADS*                             
                                                                             
D Mahlan                             20,790                                  
                                                                             
I Menezes                            57,916                                  
                                                                             
R Millian                            21,384                                  
                                                                             
T Proctor                            42,709                                  
                                                                             
L Schwartz                           22,770                                  

Each option was granted at a price of £9.52 per Ordinary Share (or $63.13 per
ADS) and is exercisable between 17 September 2012 and 16 September 2019,
subject to the satisfaction of performance criteria.

3) the directors shown below today acquired an interest in Ordinary Shares 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                  
                                                                             
N C Rose                             226,599                                 
                                                                             
P S Walsh                            486,111                                 

4) the PDMRs shown below today 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                  
                                                                             
R Anderson                           83,333                                  
                                                                             
N Blazquez                           52,188                                  
                                                                             
A Fennell                            82,070                                  
                                                                             
S Fletcher                           112,373                                 
                                                                             
G Ghostine                           88,001                                  
                                                                             
D Gosnell                            83,333                                  
                                                                             
J Grover                             89,898                                  
                                                                             
A Morgan                             123,232                                 
                                                                             
G Williams                           101,010                                 
                                                                             
I Wright                             44,612                                  
                                                                             
                                     No. of ADS*                             
                                                                             
D Mahlan                             20,345                                  
                                                                             
I Menezes                            50,378                                  
                                                                             
R Millian                            20,926                                  
                                                                             
T Proctor                            37,151                                  
                                                                             
L Schwartz                           22,282                                  

The performance period commenced on 1 July 2009 and, subject to the rules of
the PSP and the satisfaction of performance conditions, the awards will vest in
September 2012.

5) the directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")
shown below, together with other eligible employees, were today awarded
ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") under the Diageo Share
Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), an Inland Revenue approved plan operated by Diageo
Group companies for the benefit of employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries:

Name of Director                    No. of Ordinary Shares                   
                                                                             
N C Rose                            315                                      
                                                                             
P S Walsh                           315                                      
                                                                             
Name of PDMR                        No. of Ordinary Shares                   
                                                                             
R Anderson                          315                                      
                                                                             
N Blazquez                          315                                      
                                                                             
A Fennell                           315                                      
                                                                             
S Fletcher                          315                                      
                                                                             
D Gosnell                           315                                      
                                                                             
J Grover                            315                                      
                                                                             
A Morgan                            315                                      
                                                                             
G Williams                          315                                      
                                                                             
I Wright                            315                                      

The Ordinary Shares were awarded at no cost to Plan participants
("Freeshares"), to a value based on a percentage of the participant's salary on
30 June 2009 and the Company's profits for the financial year ended 30 June
2009, subject to a maximum per SIP participant of £3,000 in value per tax year.
Freeshares are awarded annually and cannot normally be disposed of for a period
of three years after the award date.

6) it received notification today from Ms Peggy Bruzelius, a director, that she
had today purchased 5,000 Ordinary Shares, at a price per share of £9.75.

As a result of the above, the directors' and PDMRs' interests in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as potential beneficiaries of Diageo group employee share trusts) are
as follows:

Name of Director                     No. of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                             
P B Bruzelius                        5,000                                   
                                                                             
N C Rose                             454,272                                 
                                                                             
P S Walsh                            720,253                                 
                                                                             
Name of PDMR                                                                 
                                                                             
R Anderson                           45,199 (of which 9,584 are held in the  
                                     form of ADS*)                           
                                                                             
N Blazquez                           43,675                                  
                                                                             
A Fennell                            17,164                                  
                                                                             
S Fletcher                           152,412                                 
                                                                             
G Ghostine                           39,966 (of which 32,708 are held in the 
                                     form of ADS*)                           
                                                                             
D Gosnell                            59,866                                  
                                                                             
J Grover                             150,014                                 
                                                                             
I Menezes                            319,541 (of which 226,543 are held in   
                                     the form of ADS*)                       
                                                                             
A Morgan                             177,120                                 
                                                                             
G Williams                           244,290 (of which 5,992 are held in the 
                                     form of ADS*)                           
                                                                             
I Wright                             30,487                                  
                                                                             
                                     No. of ADS*                             
                                                                             
D Mahlan                             3,526                                   
                                                                             
R Millian                            9,693                                   
                                                                             
T Proctor                            38,056                                  
                                                                             
L Schwartz                           4,135                                   

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

17 September 2009