Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
17 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 578.5518p per share.

Enquiries

Diageo plc.
Catherine James    Investor Relations [phone]

Cazenove & Co.
Duncan Hunter [phone]