Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
12 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 55.5687p per share.

Enquiries

Diageo plc
Catherine James Investor Relations [phone]

Cazenove & Co.
Duncan Hunter [phone]