Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
23 November 1999

                                                                              
                            Purchase of Own Shares                            

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation 1,000,000 of
its ordinary shares from Merrill Lynch International at a price of 563.5175p
per share.


Enquiries:

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