Holding(s) in Company

TO:     Regulatory Information Service                                   
                                                                         
        PR Newswire                                                      
                                                                         
RE:     CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 11 OF                                        
                                                                         
        THE LISTING RULES                                                
                                                                         

 

Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that it received notification on 23 May
2005, for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, from
Barclays PLC that they no longer have a notifiable interest in the Company's
Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108p each ('Ordinary Shares').

The issued share capital of the Company as at 23 May 2005 was 2,973,541,229
excluding 76,715,000 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares.

24 May 2005