Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
06 May 2003

DIAGEO PLC



Purchase of Own Shares

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased

for cancellation through Cazenove & Co. Ltd

600,000 ordinary shares at an average price

of 675.8p per share.



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