Director Shareholding

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

 

Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that it received notification on 30
January 2004 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 from
Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the 'Trustee'), as trustee of the
Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the 'Plan') that the Trustee sold 17 ordinary
shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') in respect of
participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 28 January 2004
at a price per Ordinary Share of £7.1853 by the Trustee. The Plan is an Inland
Revenue approved plan operated by Diageo Group companies for the benefit of
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.

  

 Date of      No of Ordinary Shares Sold                   Price Per    
Transaction                                                Share        
                                                                        
28.01.04      17                                           £7.1853      

 

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 3,175,868 ordinary shares.

 

 

 30 January 2004