Purchase of Own Securities

Diageo PLC
1 July 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

1 July 2002

                                   Diageo PLC

                             Purchase of Own Shares

Diageo PLC announces that it has on 28th June purchased for cancellation through
Merrill Lynch International 550,000 ordinary shares at an average price of
835.62p per share.

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