Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
03 September 2004



DIAGEO PLC


Purchase of Own Shares



Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 400,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 688.3793p per
share.



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