Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
27 September 2004


DIAGEO PLC

Purchase of Own Shares

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 1,500,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 675.94p per
share.


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