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 1 December 2006 for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, from Barclays PLC ("Barclays") that as at 28 November 2006 Barclays had, through its legal entities, decreased its interest in the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") to 84,115,602 Ordinary Shares, representing 3.08 per cent. of the issued share capital. The issued share capital of the Company as at 28 November 2006 was 2,733,388,415 excluding 281,198,682 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares. 1 December 2006

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