22nd Dec 2006 09:57
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 21 December 2006, for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, from Barclays PLC ("Barclays") that, following their sale on 14 December 2006 of 2,998,910 of the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), they no longer have a notifiable interest in the Company's issued share capital.
The issued share capital of the Company as at 14 December 2006 was 2,725,758,273 Ordinary Shares excluding 280,982,237 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares.
22 December 2006
DIAGEO PLCRelated Shares:
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