Director Shareholding and various

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Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that:

It received notification on 10 March 2005 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:

(i) the Trustee purchased 43,559 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the
Company ('Ordinary Shares') in respect of participants in the Plan on 10 March
2005 at a price of £7.46 per share. The Ordinary Shares were purchased by
Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited, which holds Ordinary Shares as trustee
of the Plan;

(ii) the following directors of the Company were allocated Ordinary Shares on
10 March 2005 under the Plan, from those purchased by the Trustee as disclosed
in (i) above:

Name of Director             Number of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                        
N C Rose                     24                                         
                                                                        
P S Walsh                    24                                         
                                                                        

The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased by the
Trustee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted from
salary ('Sharepurchase') and those awarded to the employee by the Company
('Sharematch') on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every two
Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares.

The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch Ordinary
Shares were awarded at a price per share of £7.46.

The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee. Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can
normally be sold at any time. Sharematch Ordinary Shares cannot normally be
disposed of for a period of three years after the award date.

 As a result of purchases, awards and transfers made by the Trustee on behalf
of the Company on 10 March 2005 in respect of all participants in the Plan, the
total holding of the Trustee now amounts to 4,560,870 Ordinary Shares.

As a result of the above, these directors' interests 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 Share Trust
and the Diageo Employee Benefit Trust) are as follows:

Name of Director             Number of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                        
N C Rose                     230,473                                    
                                                                        
P S Walsh                    724,992                                    
                                                                        

 

It received notification on 10 March 2005 from Lord Blyth, a director of the
Company, that he has purchased 982 Ordinary Shares on 10 March 2005 under an
arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £7,375
per month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary Shares.
Lord Blyth has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he remains a director
of the Company.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £7.46.

As a result of this purchase, Lord Blyth's interest in Ordinary Shares has
increased to 104,060.

It received notification on 10 March 2005 from Todd Stitzer, a director of the
Company, that he has purchased 133 Ordinary Shares on 10 March 2005 under an
arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £1,000
per month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary Shares.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £7.46

As a result of this purchase, Mr Stitzer's interest in Ordinary Shares has
increased to 1,222.

It received notification on 9 March 2005 for the purposes of Sections 198 to
208 of the Companies Act 1985, from Barclays PLC ('Barclays') that as at 4
March 2005 Barclays had, through its legal entities listed below, increased its
interest in the Company's Ordinary Shares to 111,307,759 Ordinary Shares,
representing 3.70 per cent. of the issued share capital. The issued share
capital of the Company as at 9 March 2005 was 3,004,483,373, excluding
45,330,000 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares.

The Legal Entities, Registered Holders and the number of Ordinary Shares held
by each of them are as follows:

Legal Entity                                Holding    
                                                       
Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited          3,665,359  
                                                       
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust       2,990,046  
                                                       
Gerrard Limited                             445,610    
                                                       
Barclays Global Investors Japan Limited     723,808    
                                                       
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Limited     3,739      
                                                       
Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited 778,157    
                                                       
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Limited     47,110     
                                                       
Barclays Private Bank Limited               341,866    
                                                       
Barclays Global Investors Limited           37,389,450 
                                                       
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.             29,668,811 
                                                       
Barclays Global Fund Advisors               6,714,198  
                                                       
Barclays Bank Trust Company Limited         1,233,243  
                                                       
Barclays Capital Securities Limited         27,306,362 
                                                       
                                      Total 111,307,759
                                                       
Registered Holder                           Holding    
                                                       
Bank of Ireland                             423,589    
                                                       
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED           27,306,362 
                                                       
Barclays Trust Co & Others                  73,616     
                                                       
BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM               13,766     
                                                       
Barclays Trust Co DMC69                     44,484     
                                                       
Barclays Trust Co E99                       15,278     
                                                       
Barclays Trust Co EP856                     345        
                                                       
Barclays Trust Co R69                       1,085,754  
                                                       
BNP PARIBAS                                 89,131     
                                                       
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                          1,705,397  
                                                       
CHASE NOMINEES LTD                          5,643,468  
                                                       
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES               53,356     
                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125                 4,258      
                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125                 1,709      
                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125                 4,000      
                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125                 7,000      
                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125                 3,090      
                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125                 4,254      
                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125                 3,500      
                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125                 13,206     
                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125                 2,213      
                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125                 2,540      
                                                       
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225                 1,340      
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                872,971    
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                34,610     
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                4,439,165  
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                415,951    
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                24,777     
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                15,566,699 
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                470,015    
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                2,549,000  
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                721,761    
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                15,247     
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                222,735    
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                40,287     
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                138,764    
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                85,932     
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                5,140,530  
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                733,635    
                                                       
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                575,050    
                                                       
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                     963,231    
                                                       
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                     199,204    
                                                       
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                     157,432    
                                                       
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                     1,772,684  
                                                       
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                     374,821    
                                                       
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                     55,945     
                                                       
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                     92,400     
                                                       
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                     29,866,508 
                                                       
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                     49,642     
                                                       
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)                     174,077    
                                                       
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                         507,665    
                                                       
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                         270,492    
                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                         7,222      
                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                         32,646     
                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                         188,570    
                                                       
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                         90,924     
                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                         389,359    
                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                         1,623,892  
                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                         128,225    
                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                         81,460     
                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                         330,665    
                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                         381,452    
                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                         30,078     
                                                       
JPMorgan Chase Bank                         24,915     
                                                       
Mellon Trust - Boston & SF                  437,854    
                                                       
Mellon Trust - Boston & SF                  134,777    
                                                       
MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND                 168,331    
                                                       
Mitsubishi Trust International              19,774     
                                                       
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA              182,399    
                                                       
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA              215,997    
                                                       
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA              44,638     
                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited alc              147,911    
                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited alc              25,772     
                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1              203,879    
                                                       
R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1              68,048     
                                                       
Reflex Nominees Limited                     1,875      
                                                       
Reflex Nominees Limited                     1,864      
                                                       
State Street                                52,007     
                                                       
State Street Bank & Trust - U.              79,915     
                                                       
STATE STREET BOSTON                         259,881    
                                                       
STATE STREET BOSTON                         2,526,871  
                                                       
WELLS FARGO SEATTLE - WIRE BAN              51,806     
                                                       
ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED                      341,866    
                                                       
                                      Total 111,307,759
                                                       

In accordance with Chapter 9 paragraph 32 of the Listing Rules, two copies of
the Company's Interim Report for the six months ended 31 December 2004 and
Summary Financial Statements Notices have been lodged today with the UK Listing
Authority for publication through the Document Viewing Facility.

10 March 2005