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 6 June
2005 for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, from
Barclays PLC ('Barclays') that as at 1 June 2005 Barclays had, through its
legal entities, increased its interest in the Company's Ordinary Shares to
89,265,032 Ordinary Shares, representing 3.002 per cent. of the issued share
capital. The issued share capital of the Company as at 1 June 2005 was
2,973,593,909 excluding 76,715,000 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares.

6 June 2005