Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
11 September 2000


Purchase of Own Shares

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for
cancellation 2,000,000 of its ordinary shares from
Cazenove & Co. at a price of 589.35p per share.

Enquires:

Investor Relations:
Catherine James, Diageo plc     [phone]

Media Enquiries:
Kathryn Partridge, Diageo plc   [phone]

Cazenove & Co:
Duncan Hunter                   [phone]