Director Shareholding

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                 
                                                                         
          PR Newswire                                                    
                                                                         
RE:       CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 13 OF                              
                                                                         
          THE LISTING RULES                                              

 

Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces the following in respect of Todd Stitzer,
who was appointed a Director of the Company on 23 June 2004:

 

 1. In respect of Chapter 16 paragraph 4(a), apart from his current
    directorship of a publicly quoted company notified on 23 June 2004, there
    are no other directorships of publicly quoted companies to disclose; and
 2. In respect of Chapter 16 paragraph 4(b), there are no such details to
    disclose.

 

The Company further announces that it received notification on 2 July 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 645 ordinary shares of 28 101
/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') in respect of participants
leaving the Plan and transferred 4,533 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving
the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 28 June 2004 and 30 June 2004 at
prices per Ordinary Share of £7.5755 and £7.4253 respectively 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        
                                                                        
28.06.04      78                                           £7.5755      
                                                                        
30.06.04      567                                          £7.4253      

 

Date of       No of Ordinary Shares Transferred          
Transaction                                              
                                                         
                                                         
30.06.04      4,533                                      

 

 The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 3,293,152 ordinary shares.

2 July 2004