Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
24 October 2000


DIAGEO PLC

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 619.67p per share.


Enquires:

Investor Relations:
Catherine James, Diageo plc     [phone]

Media Enquiries:
Kathryn Partridge, Diageo plc   [phone]

Cazenove & Co:
Duncan Hunter                   [phone]