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 5
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 655 ordinary
shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') in respect of
participants leaving the Plan and transferred 1,967 Ordinary Shares to
participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold between 29 October
2004 and 3 November 2004 at prices per Ordinary Share of between £7.3203 and £
7.4053 by the Trustee.

Date of       No of Ordinary Shares Sold                   Price Per    
Transaction                                                Share        
                                                                        
29.10.04      90                                           £7.3253      
                                                                        
01.11.04      185                                          £7.3203      
                                                                        
02.11.04      59                                           £7.356       
                                                                        
02.11.04      38                                           £7.375       
                                                                        
02.11.04      191                                          £7.3605      
                                                                        
03.11.04      92                                           £7.4053      

Date of       No of Ordinary Shares Transferred          
Transaction                                              
                                                         
                                                         
02.11.04      1,967                                      

 

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,565,364 Ordinary Shares.

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

5 November 2004