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 15 April
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 3,189 ordinary shares
of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') in respect of
participants leaving the Plan and transferred 17,550 Ordinary Shares to
participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 8 April 2005,
13 April 2005 and 14 April 2005 at prices per Ordinary Share of £7.8458, £
7.9565 and £7.9008 respectively by the Trustee.

Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Sold   Price Per Share 
                                                                   
08.04.05              510                          £7.8458         
                                                                   
13.04.05              86                           £7.9565         
                                                                   
14.04.05              2,593                        £7.9008         
                                                                   

Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Transferred     
                                                            
                                                            
                                                            
14.04.05              17,550                                
                                                            

 

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,541,193 Ordinary Shares.

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

15 April 2005