Director Shareholding

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

 

Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that it received notification on 17 June
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 101 ordinary shares of
28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') in respect of participants
leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 15 June 2005 at a price per
Ordinary Share of £8.116, by the Trustee.

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,572,326 Ordinary Shares.

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

17 June 2005