Director Shareholding

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

 

Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that the following directors of the
Company are participants in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment Plan and that the
Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ('Ordinary Shares') were
purchased on 27 October 2003 (with a settlement date of 30 October 2003) at a
price per share of 695.8p in respect of the final ordinary dividend paid on 27
October 2003:

Name of Director                        Number of Ordinary Shares              
                                                                               
Lord Blyth                                718                                  
                                                                               
R F Chase                               255                                    
                                                                               
J K Oates                                 63                                   
                                                                               
N C Rose                                  2,703                                

 

As a result of this transaction, interests of directors of the Company in the
Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs
and also interests as potential beneficiaries of the Grand Metropolitan No. 2
Employee Trust and the Diageo Employee Benefit Trust) are as follows:

Name of Director                        Number of Ordinary Shares              
                                                                               
Lord Blyth                              33,925                                 
                                                                               
R F Chase                               11,610                                 
                                                                               
J K Oates                               3,271                                  
                                                                               
N C Rose                                126,991                                

 

   

 

30 October 2003