Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
28 September 2004


DIAGEO PLC

Purchase of Own Shares


Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 1,000,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 681.7824p
per share.





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