28th Feb 2005 14:04
TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 11 OF THE LISTING RULES Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 25February 2005, for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act1985, from Harris Associates L.P. that, following their purchase on 22 February2005 of 104,000 of the Company's Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108p each ("OrdinaryShares") and 5,470 of the Company's American Depositary Shares*, theirbeneficial interest in the Company's issued share capital had increased to theequivalent of 90,453,905 Ordinary Shares, representing 3.01 per cent. of theissued share capital. The issued share capital of the Company as at 28February 2005 is 3,007,723,414, excluding 41,080,000 Ordinary Shares held asTreasury Shares.*1 American Depositary Share is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.28 February 2005ENDRelated Shares:
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