Director Shareholding

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                 
                                                                         
          PR Newswire                                                    
                                                                         
RE:       CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF                                     
                                                                         
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Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that Mr NC Rose, a director, notified the
Company that he today exercised options over 3,450 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/
108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') granted on 27 October 1999 at a
price of £4.89 under the Diageo UK Sharesave Scheme.

As a result of this transaction, Mr Rose's interest in Ordinary Shares in the
Company (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and also interests
as a potential beneficiary of the Grand Metropolitan No. 2 Employee Share Trust
and the Diageo Employee Benefit Trust) is 180,270.

1 December 2004