Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
20 September 2004




DIAGEO PLC



Purchase of Own Shares


Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 56,250 ordinary shares at an average price of 684.1889p per
share.





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