5th Oct 2006 14:41
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 4 October2006 for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, fromBarclays PLC ("Barclays") that as at 29 September 2006 Barclays had, throughits legal entities, decreased its interest in the Company's ordinary shares of28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") to 94,335,665 Ordinary Shares,representing 3.41 per cent. of the issued share capital. The issued sharecapital of the Company as at 29 September 2006 was 2,766,997,158 excluding277,541,939 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares.5 October 2006ENDDIAGEO PLCRelated Shares:
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