2nd Aug 2005 14:30
TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE RULES Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 1 August2005, for the purposes of Section 324 of the Companies Act 1985, that Mourant &Co Trustees Limited ("Mourant"), as trustee of the Diageo Employee BenefitTrust (the "Trust"), had transferred 5,855 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 penceof the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to a beneficiary of the Trust on 1 August2005, following the vesting of an award under the Company's Total ShareholderReturn plan, approved by shareholders on 11 August 1998.As a result of the above transaction the total holding of the Trust amounts to6,273,210 Ordinary Shares.Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Trust are PS Walsh and NCRose.2 August 2005ENDDIAGEO PLCRelated Shares:
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