Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
5 March 2002



DIAGEO PLC

5 March 2002



Purchase of Own Shares

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased

for cancellation through Cazenove & Co. Ltd

5,500,000 ordinary shares at an average price

of 855.0954p per share.



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