Director Shareholding

Diageo PLC 21 September 2000 RE: Chapter 16 Paragraph 13 of Continuing Obligations Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that Mr J B McGrath, a director, notified the Company on 21 September 2000 that on 19 September 2000, he disposed of 21,270 of the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ('Ordinary Shares') at a price of £5.85 per Ordinary Share. As a result of this transaction, Mr McGrath's beneficial interests in the Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and also interests as a potential beneficiary of the Grand Metropolitan No 2 Employee Share Trust, the Diageo Employee Benefit Trust and the Diageo plc QUEST) have decreased to 77,012 Ordinary Shares (of which 2,500 are held as a non-beneficial interest). The previously notified shareholding of Mr McGrath (notification dated 8 September 2000) was understated by 2,500 Ordinary Shares and the figure given above has now been amended accordingly.

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