Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
2 December 1999


                                                                              
                                  Diageo plc                                  
                                                                              
                            Purchase of Own Shares                            

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 500,000 of
its ordinary shares from Merrill Lynch International at a price of 551.715p
per share.


Enquiries:

Diageo plc
Catherine James, Investor Relations          Tel. [phone]