Director/PDMR Shareholding

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RE:      PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF                                                  
                                                                             
         THE DISCLOSURE RULES                                                

The notifications listed below are each in respect of a single transaction of
which notification was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure Rules
and, in respect of directors of Diageo plc only, Section 324 of the Companies
Act 1985.

 Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that:

1) it received notification on 3 October 2005 from Diageo Share Ownership
Trustees Limited (the 'Trustee'), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan
(the 'Plan') that the following directors and Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ('PDMR'), together with other eligible employees under the
Plan, were awarded ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company
('Ordinary Shares') on 3 October 2005 under the Plan, an Inland Revenue
approved plan operated by Diageo Group companies for the benefit of employees
of the Company and its subsidiaries:

Name of Director                    No. of Ordinary Shares                     
                                                                               
N C Rose                            368                                        
                                                                               
P S Walsh                           368                                        

Name of PDMR                          No. of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                              
S Fletcher                            368                                     
                                                                              
J Grover                              368                                     
                                                                              
A Morgan                              368                                     
                                                                              
G Williams                            368                                     

The Ordinary Shares were awarded by the Trustee at no cost to Plan participants
('Freeshares'), to a value based on a percentage of the participant's salary on
30 June 2005 and the Company's profits for the financial year ended 30 June
2005, subject to a maximum per Plan participant of £3,000 in value per tax
year. Freeshares are awarded annually and are held by the Trustee and cannot
normally be disposed of for a period of three years after the award date.

As a result of the above, the directors' and PDMRs' interests in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under Diageo group employee share
trusts) are as follows:

Name of Director                    No. of Ordinary Shares                     
                                                                               
N C Rose                            244,251                                    
                                                                               
P S Walsh                           745,501                                    

Name of PDMR                          No. of Ordinary Shares                  
                                                                              
S Fletcher                            97,485                                  
                                                                              
J Grover                              137,105                                 
                                                                              
A Morgan                              115,959                                 
                                                                              
G Williams                            169,522*                                

(*of which 5,423 are held in the form of American Depository Shares ('ADS'). 1
ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares).

3 October 2005