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 the Company only, Section 324 of the Companies
Act 1985.

Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that:

1. It received notification on 10 August 2005 of the following allocations of
ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') under
the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the 'Plan'), namely:

(i) the following directors of the Company were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10
August 2005 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the
'Trustee'):

Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares
                                          
N C Rose         24                       
                                          
P S Walsh        24                       
                                          

(ii) the following 'Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities' were
allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 August 2005 under the Plan, by the Trustee:

Name of Person Number of Ordinary Shares
                                        
S Fletcher     24                       
                                        
J Grover       24                       
                                        
A Morgan       24                       
                                        
G Williams     24                       
                                        

The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased on behalf of
the employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted
from salary ('Sharepurchase') and those awarded to the employee by the Company
('Sharematch') on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every two
Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares.

The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch Ordinary
Shares were awarded at a price per share of £7.80.

The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee and in the name of the Trustee.
Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can normally be sold at any time. Sharematch
Ordinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three years
after the award date.

As a result of the above, interests of directors and 'Persons Discharging
Managerial Responsibilities' 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) are as follows:

Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares
                                          
N C Rose         243,860                  
                                          
P S Walsh        735,110                  
                                          
S Fletcher         97,094                 
                                          
J Grover         136,714                  
                                          
A Morgan         115,568                  
                                          
G Williams       169,131*                 
                                          

(*of which 5,423 are held in the form of American Depository Shares ('ADS'). 1
ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.)

2. It received notification on 10 August 2005 from Lord Blyth, a director of
the Company, that he has purchased 987 Ordinary Shares on 10 August 2005 under
an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £
7,375 per month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary
Shares. Lord Blyth has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he remains a
director of the Company.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £7.80.

As a result of this purchase, Lord Blyth's interest in Ordinary Shares has
increased to 110,203.

3. It received notification on 10 August 2005 from Todd Stitzer, a director of
the Company, that he has purchased 127 Ordinary Shares on 10 August 2005 under
an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £
1,000 per month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary
Shares.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £7.80

As a result of this purchase, Mr Stitzer's interest in Ordinary Shares has
increased to 1,847.

10 August 2005