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 20 May
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 663 ordinary shares of
28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') in respect of participants
leaving the Plan and transferred 21,026 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving
the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 13 May 2005, 16 May 2005 and 18 May
2005 at prices per Ordinary Share of £8.0311, £8.0106 and £8.0756 respectively,
by the Trustee.

Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Sold   Price Per Share 
                                                                   
13.05.05              370                          £8.0311         
                                                                   
16.05.05              150                          £8.0106         
                                                                   
18.05.05              143                          £8.0756         
                                                                   

Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Transferred     
                                                            
                                                            
                                                            
13.05.05              20,529                                
                                                            
16.05.05              497                                   
                                                            

 

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,547,185 Ordinary Shares.

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

20 May 2005