Director Shareholding

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                 
                                                                         
          PR Newswire                                                    
                                                                         
RE:       CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF                                     
                                                                         
          THE LISTING RULES                                              

 

Diageo plc (the 'Company'), announces that:

 1. Lord Blyth, Chairman, notified the Company on 28 April 2003 that he became
    aware that day that on 30 September 2002 Kleinwort Benson Private Bank
    ('Kleinwort') sold on his behalf his beneficial interest in 97 of the
    Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ('Ordinary Shares') at a
    price of 790.5p each. These shares were held as part of a Capital Growth
    Personal Equity Plan managed by Kleinwort.
 2. Lord Blyth notified the Company today that he became aware on 29 April 2003
    that on 6 September 2001, Kleinwort acquired on behalf of Lady Blyth, Lord
    Blyth's wife, a beneficial interest in 97 Ordinary Shares at a price of
    698.69p each and that on 30 September 2002 these 97 shares were sold by
    Kleinwort on Lady Blyth's behalf at a price of 790.5p each. These shares
    were held as part of a Capital Growth Personal Equity Plan managed by
    Kleinwort.

As a result of these transactions, Lord Blyth's beneficial interest in the
Company's Ordinary Shares is 26,369.

 

29 April 2003