Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
16 May 2002

DIAGEO PLC



Purchase of Own Shares

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased

for cancellation through Cazenove & Co. Ltd

3,300,000 ordinary shares at an average price

of 873.0353p per share.



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