Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
06 May 2004

DIAGEO PLC

Purchase of Own Shares

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 250,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 759.6452p per
share.

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