Holdings in Company

Diageo PLC
22 February 2001


                                                         
                      TO:    Regulatory News Service     
                                                         
                             The London Stock Exchange   
                      RE:    CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 11 OF  
                             CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS      
 


Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that it received notification on 21
February 2001 for the purposes of Sections 198-208 of the Companies Act 1985
('the Act') that, following recent sales, Prudential plc no longer has a
notifiable interest in the Company's ordinary share capital.