Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
16 November 1999


Purchase of Own Shares

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for
cancellation 1,000,000 of its ordinary shares from 
Cazenove &Co. at a price of 570.8924p per share.

Enquiries

Diageo plc.
Catherine James Investor Relations [phone]

Cazenove & Co.
Duncan Hunter [phone]