Director Shareholdings and Holdings in Company

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                 
                                                                         
          PR Newswire                                                    
                                                                         
RE:       CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 9 AND CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF           
                                                                         
          THE LISTING RULES                                              

 

Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces:

1) that it received notification on 23 April 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 1,247 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company
('Ordinary Shares') in respect of participants leaving the Plan and transferred
16,698 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares
were sold on 14 April 200 and 22 April 2004 at prices per Ordinary Share of £
7.3703 and £7.656 by the Trustee. The Plan is an Inland Revenue approved plan
operated by Diageo Group companies for the benefit of employees of the Company
and its subsidiaries.

  

Date of       No of Ordinary Shares Sold                   Price Per    
Transaction                                                Share        
                                                                        
14.04.04      51                                           £7.3703      
                                                                        
22.04.04      1,196                                        £7.656       

 

Date of       No of Ordinary Shares Transferred          
Transaction                                              
                                                         
                                                         
22.04.04      16,698                                     

 

As a result of the above transactions, the total holding of the Trust now
amounts to 3,241,918 ordinary shares.

2) that it received notification on 23 April 2004 for the purposes of Sections
198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, from The Capital Group Companies Inc.
('Capital') that as at 21 April 2004 Capital had an interest in the Company's
Ordinary Shares representing 3.01 per cent. of the issued share capital. These
shares are under Capital's discretionary investment management and are not
owned for their own account. The Holders, Registered Names and the number of
Ordinary Shares held by each of them are as follows:

 

 

Holder                                                 Number of shares
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
Capital Guardian Trust Company                               36,972,071
                                                                       
Registered Name:                                                       
                                                                       
State Street Nominees Limited, London                         6,017,500
                                                                       
Bank of New York Nominees, London                               806,800
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited, London                               15,924,586
                                                                       
BT Globenet Nominees Limited, London                            386,100
                                                                       
Investors Bank & Trust Co.                                      239,800
                                                                       
Midland Bank plc, London                                      5,617,200
                                                                       
Cede & Co., New York                                             14,400
                                                                       
Bankers Trust, London                                         1,486,200
                                                                       
Barclays Bank, London                                           274,600
                                                                       
Citibank London, London                                          14,600
                                                                       
Nortrust Nominees, London                                     4,754,845
                                                                       
Royal Bank of Scotland, London                                   50,100
                                                                       
MSS Nominees Limited, London                                     23,700
                                                                       
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                    54,000
                                                                       
Citibank N.A., Toronto                                           33,500
                                                                       
HSBC Bank plc, London                                            14,600
                                                                       
Mellon Bank N.A., London                                         81,900
                                                                       
ROY Nominees Limited, London                                     23,800
                                                                       
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited, Glasgow                         1,132,240
                                                                       
HSBC, Kuala Lumpur                                               21,600
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
Capital International Limited                                13,013,482
                                                                       
Registered Name:                                                       
                                                                       
State Street Nominees Limited, London                           316,753
                                                                       
Bank of New York Nominees, London                             4,881,137
                                                                       
Northern Trust, c/o NorTrust Nominees Limited,                  817,677
London                                                                 
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited, London                                1,596,035
                                                                       
Midland Bank plc, London                                         36,000
                                                                       
Bankers Trust, London                                           130,688
                                                                       
Barclays Bank, London                                            42,400
                                                                       
Morgan Guaranty, London                                         229,500
                                                                       
Nortrust Nominees, London                                     2,411,221
                                                                       
Royal Bank of Scotland                                           56,800
                                                                       
State Street Bank & Trust Co.                                   294,600
                                                                       
Deutsche Bank AG, London                                      1,175,300
                                                                       
HSBC Bank plc, London                                           752,220
                                                                       
Mellon Bank N.A., London                                        116,251
                                                                       
Bank One, London                                                108,800
                                                                       
Clydesdale Bank plc                                              48,100
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
Capital International S.A.                                    1,197,900
                                                                       
Registered Name:                                                       
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited, London                                  605,200
                                                                       
Midland Bank plc, Poutney Hill                                  257,300
                                                                       
Barclays Bank, London                                           230,600
                                                                       
Brown Bros., Pittsburgh                                          22,800
                                                                       
Royal Bank of Scotland, London                                   33,200
                                                                       
HSBC Bank plc, London                                            48,800
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
Capital International, Inc.                                   3,791,298
                                                                       
Registered Name:                                                       
                                                                       
State Street Nominees Limited, London                         1,337,200
                                                                       
Bank of New York Nominees, London                               270,900
                                                                       
Northern Trust, London                                           23,500
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited, London                                1,250,600
                                                                       
Midland Bank plc, Poutney Hill                                   80,200
                                                                       
Bankers Trust, London                                             6,900
                                                                       
Citibank London, London                                          13,800
                                                                       
Nortrust Nominees, London                                       248,200
                                                                       
Royal Bank of Scotland, London                                   62,800
                                                                       
State Street Bank and Trust Co.                                 134,400
                                                                       
Citibank                                                         15,600
                                                                       
RBSTB Nominees Ltd., London                                      13,300
                                                                       
Citibank NA, Toronto                                            189,498
                                                                       
HSBC Bank plc, London                                            53,700
                                                                       
JP Morgan Chase Bank                                             90,700
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
Capital Research and Management Company                      37,112,962
                                                                       
Registered Name:                                                       
                                                                       
Chase Nominees Limited, London                               37,112,962
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
Total                                                        92,087,713

 

23 April 2004