Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
18 March 2004


DIAGEO PLC

Purchase of Own Shares


Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 200,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 731.2125p per
share.


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