Director/PDMR Shareholding

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

The following notification was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification today that
Dr FB Humer, a director of the Company, as participant in the Diageo Dividend
Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") had received 330 ordinary shares of 28 101/108
pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in lieu of the interim dividend paid
on 6 April 2011.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 6 April 2011 (with a settlement date of
11 April 2011) at an average price of £12.07.

As a result of the above transaction Dr FB Humer's interests in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's employee benefit trusts)
has increased to 30,398.

J Nicholls

Deputy Company Secretary

7 April 2011