Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                    
                                                                           
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RE:      Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules          

The notifications listed below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification today that:

 1. Deirdre Mahlan, a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"),
    exercised options on 18 June 2010 over 10,110 American Depositary Shares
    ("ADS")* granted on 11 October 2004 at a price per ADS of $50.92 under the
    Company's Executive Share Option Plan.
   
Ms Mahlan subsequently sold 10,000 ADSs on 18 June 2010, at a price per ADS of
$66.03. Ms Mahlan retains the balance of 110 ADS.

 2. Andrew Morgan, a PDMR, sold 30,000 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each
    in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 18 June 2010 at a price per share of
    £11.14.
   
 3. Stuart Fletcher, a PDMR, received Ordinary Shares on 1 December 2009, upon
    the exercise of the following options granted under the Diageo UK Sharesave
    Scheme 2000, as follows: 761 granted on 13 October 2006 with an exercise
    price of £7.45 and 1,165 granted on 4 November 2004 with an exercise price
    of £5.67.
   
As a result of the above transactions, the interests of Ms Mahlan, Mr Morgan
and Mr Fletcher in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADS (excluding options,
awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a potential beneficiary of
the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are:

Name of PDMR                           Number of ADS                         
                                                                             
D Mahlan                               4,156                                 
                                                                             
                                       Number of Ordinary Shares             
                                                                             
A Morgan                               149,953                               
                                                                             
S Fletcher                             94,585                                

P D Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

21 June 2010

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.