Director Shareholding

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Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that it received notification on 19
November 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 1,510 ordinary
shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') in respect of
participants leaving the Plan on 17 November 2004 and transferred 21,422
Ordinary Shares to participants leaving the Plan on 17 November 2004. The
Ordinary Shares were sold at a price per Ordinary Share of £7.4807 by the
Trustee.

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,571,943 Ordinary Shares.

Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Plan are NC Rose and PS Walsh.

19 November 2004