Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
24 September 2004




DIAGEO PLC

Purchase of Own Shares

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 900,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 681.2p per
share.


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