Director Shareholding

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                 
                                                                         
          PR Newswire                                                    
                                                                         
RE:       CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF                                     
                                                                         
          THE LISTING RULES                                              

 

Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that it received notification on 3
December 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 2,363 ordinary
shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') in respect of
participants leaving the Plan and transferred 21,160 Ordinary Shares to
participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold between 30
November 2004 and 2 December 2004 at prices per Ordinary Share of between £
7.2905 and £7.383 by the Trustee.

Date of       No of Ordinary Shares Sold          Price Per    
Transaction                                       Share        
                                                               
30.11.04      1,140                               £7.383       
                                                               
30.11.04      816                                 £7.3455      
                                                               
01.12.04      69                                  £7.2905      
                                                               
01.12.04      94                                  £7.3465      
                                                               
02.12.04      244                                 £7.3753      

Date of       No of Ordinary Shares Transferred          
Transaction                                              
                                                         
                                                         
30.11.04      20,954                                     
                                                         
01.12.04      206                                        

 

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,548,386 Ordinary Shares.

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

 3 December 2004