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 August
2006 for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, from
Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("Capital") that as at 27 July 2006 Capital had,
through its legal entities, increased its interest in the Company's ordinary
shares of 28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") to 139,972,093 Ordinary Shares,
representing 5.02 per cent. of the issued share capital. The issued share
capital of the Company as at 27 July 2006 was 2,790,577,851 excluding
260,402,394 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares.

2 August 2006