Holding(s) in Company

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

 

Diageo plc (the 'Company') has received notification on 30 January 2006 for the
purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, from The Capital
Group Companies, Inc ('Capital') that as at 26 January 2006 their interest in
the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ('Ordinary Shares')
represents 4.082 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company net of
Treasury Shares. This represents a decrease in the number of shares held since
previously notified, to 117,138,320, but represents an increase over the
percentage previously notified, as a result of a decrease in the Company's
share capital net of Treasury Shares.

The issued share capital of the Company as at 26 January 2006 was 2,869,653,625
excluding 181,009,500 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares.

30 January 2006