Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
2 October 2000


Purchase of Own Shares

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased
for cancellation 1,910,000 of its  ordinary shares
from Cazenove & Co. at a price of 606.41p per share.


Enquires:

Investor Relations:
Catherine James, Diageo plc     [phone]

Media Enquiries:
Kathryn Partridge, Diageo plc   [phone]

Cazenove & Co:
Duncan Hunter                   [phone]