Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service
                                   
     PR Newswire                   
                                   
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 10 October 2005 of the following allocations of
ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') under
the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the 'Plan'), namely:

(i) the following directors of the Company were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10
October 2005 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the
'Trustee'):

Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares
                                          
N C Rose         22                       
                                          
P S Walsh        22                       
                                          

(ii) the following 'Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities' ('PDMR')
were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 October 2005 under the Plan, by the
Trustee:

Name of Person Number of Ordinary Shares
                                        
S Fletcher     22                       
                                        
J Grover       22                       
                                        
A Morgan       22                       
                                        
G Williams     22                       
                                        

The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased on behalf of
the employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted
from salary ('Sharepurchase') and those awarded to the employee by the Company
('Sharematch') on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every two
Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares.

The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch Ordinary
Shares were awarded at a price per share of £8.205.

The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee and in the name of the Trustee.
Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can normally be sold at any time. Sharematch
Ordinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three years
after the award date.

As a result of the above, interests of directors and PDMRs in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)
are as follows:

Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares
                                          
N C Rose         244,273                  
                                          
P S Walsh        747,523                  
                                          
Name of PDMR                              
                                          
S Fletcher         97,507                 
                                          
J Grover         137,127                  
                                          
A Morgan         115,981                  
                                          
G Williams       169,544*                 
                                          

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

2. It received notification on 10 October 2005 from Lord Blyth, a director of
the Company, that he has purchased 1,211 Ordinary Shares on 10 October 2005
under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount
of £10,000 each month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase
Ordinary Shares. Lord Blyth has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he
remains a director of the Company.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £8.205.

As a result of this purchase, Lord Blyth's interest in Ordinary Shares has
increased to 114,724.

3. It received notification on 10 October 2005 from Todd Stitzer, a director of
the Company, that he has purchased 122 Ordinary Shares on 10 October 2005 under
an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £
1,000 per month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary
Shares.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £8.205

As a result of this purchase, Mr Stitzer's interest in Ordinary Shares has
increased to 2,089.

10 October 2005