Holding(s) in Company

TO:       Regulatory Information Service                                       
                                                                               
          PR Newswire                                                          
                                                                               
RE:       CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 9.6.7                                            
                                                                               
          THE LISTING RULES                                                    

 

Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that it received notification on 6 January
2006, for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, from
Harris Associates L.P. that, following their sale on 4 January 2006 of 334,400
of the Company's American Depositary Shares*, they no longer have a notifiable
interest in the Company's issued share capital.

The issued share capital of the Company as at 4 January 2006 was 2,880,246,548
Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108p each ('Ordinary Shares') excluding 170,404,500
Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares.

*1 American Depositary Share is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

6 January 2006