Holding(s) in Company

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                       
                                                                               
          PR Newswire                                                          
                                                                               
RE:       CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 9.6.7                                            
                                                                               
          THE LISTING RULES                                                    

 

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 15
September 2006 for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act
1985, from Barclays plc ("Barclays") that as at 12 September 2006 Barclays had,
through its legal entities, increased its interest in the Company's ordinary
shares of 28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") to 138,421,523 Ordinary Shares,
representing 4.99 per cent. of the issued share capital. The issued share
capital of the Company as at 12 September 2006 was 2,775,032,252 excluding
272,656,840 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares.

15 September 2006