Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
27 March 2003

DIAGEO PLC



Purchase of Own Shares

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased

for cancellation through Cazenove & Co. Ltd

585,000 ordinary shares at an average price

of 673.1802p per share.



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