Director Shareholding

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RE:       CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF                                     
                                                                         
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Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that:

1. It received notification on 14 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 567 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary
Shares') in respect of participants leaving the Plan and transferred 1,796
Ordinary Shares to participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold
on 10 January 2005 at a price per Ordinary Share of £7.4015, by the Trustee.

Date of       No of Ordinary Shares Sold          Price Per    
Transaction                                       Share        
                                                               
10.01.05      567                                 £7.4015      

Date of       No of Ordinary Shares Transferred          
Transaction                                              
                                                         
                                                         
10.01.05      1,796                                      

 

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,574,271 Ordinary Shares.

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

2. It received notification on 14 January 2005 that Todd Stitzer, a director of
the Company, purchased 135 Ordinary Shares on 14 January 2005 under an
arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £1,000
per month, after tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary Shares.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £7.334

As a result of this purchase, Mr Stitzer's interest in Ordinary Shares has
increased to 954.

14 January 2005