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 1 August 2006 for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, from Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("Capital") that as at 27 July 2006 Capital had, through its legal entities, increased its interest in the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") to 139,972,093 Ordinary Shares, representing 5.02 per cent. of the issued share capital. The issued share capital of the Company as at 27 July 2006 was 2,790,577,851 excluding 260,402,394 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares. 2 August 2006

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