Correction - Purchase of Own Securities

The issuer advises that the Purchase of Own Securities announcement for PHS Group PLC was incorrectly distributed by PRNewswire under PRNUK-2011021642-B80E at 16:44. The correct company name for this announcement should have been Diageo Plc.

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20 November 2002

                                  Diageo Plc                                   

                            Purchase of Own Shares                             

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Merrill Lynch International 500,000 ordinary shares at an average of 702.5
pence per share.