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 7 January
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 the Trustee sold 166 ordinary shares of
28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') in respect of participants
leaving the Plan and transferred 3,687 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving
the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 5 January 2005 at a price per
Ordinary Share of £7.516, by the Trustee.

Date of       No of Ordinary Shares Sold          Price Per    
Transaction                                       Share        
                                                               
05.01.05      166                                 £7.516       

Date of       No of Ordinary Shares Transferred          
Transaction                                              
                                                         
                                                         
31.12.04      3,687                                      

 

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,530,942 Ordinary Shares.

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

7 January 2005