Director Shareholding

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RE:       CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF                                     
                                                                         
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Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that it received notification on 14
September 2004, for the purposes of Section 324 of the Companies Act 1985, that
Lord Blyth, a director of the Company, has purchased 50,000 Ordinary Shares of
28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') on 14 September 2004.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £7.095.

As a result of this purchase, Lord Blyth's interest in Ordinary Shares has
increased to 95,837.

15 September 2004