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 20
October 2006 for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985,
from The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("Capital") that as at 18 October 2006
Capital had, through its legal entities, increased its interest in the
Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") to
141,341,833 Ordinary Shares, representing 5.12 per cent. of the issued share
capital. The issued share capital of the Company as at 18 October 2006 was
2,760,677,233 excluding 281,211,864 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares.

20 October 2006