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 18 March
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 226 ordinary shares of
28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') in respect of participants
leaving the Plan and transferred 159 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving
the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 15  March 2005 at a price per
Ordinary Share of £7.5610 by the Trustee.

Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Sold   Price Per Share 
                                                                   
15.03.05              226                          £7.5610         
                                                                   

Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Transferred     
                                                            
                                                            
                                                            
16.03.05              159                                   
                                                            

 

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,538,827 Ordinary Shares.

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

18 March 2005