Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
30 December 2002

30 December 2002


                                   Diageo Plc

                           Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Merrill Lynch International 70,000 ordinary shares at an average of 666.0928
pence per share.

END


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange