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FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Diageo plc

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

8 Henrietta Place, London W1G 0NB

(Address of principal executive offices)

indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F

Form 20-F þ                    Form 40-F o

indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes o                    No þ

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):82                    

 

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SIGNATURES
List identifying information required to be furnished by Diageo plc pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of The Securities Exchange Act 1934

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
         
  Diageo plc
(Registrant)


 		  
Date 15 April 2005  By   /s/ J Nicholls    
    Name:   J Nicholls   
    Title:   Deputy Company Secretary   

 

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List identifying information required to be furnished
by Diageo plc pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
The Securities Exchange Act 1934
1 – 31 March 2005

         
Information       Required by/when
Public Announcements/Press
      The Stock Exchange, London
     
Announcement
  Announcement
Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(1 March 2005)
  Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(16 March 2005)
Announcement
  Announcement
Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(2 March 2005)
  Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(17 March 2005)
Announcement
  Announcement
Transfer of Shares by Diageo Share Ownership Trustee Limited and Messrs Walsh and Rose inform the Company of their beneficial interests therein
(4 March 2005)
  Transfer of Shares by Diageo Share Ownership Trustee Limited and Messrs Walsh and Rose inform the Company of their beneficial interests therein
(18 March 2005)
Announcement
  Announcement
Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(8 March 2005)
  Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(18 March 2005)
Announcement
  Announcement
Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd. (9 March 2005)
  Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd. (22 March 2005)
Announcement
  Announcement
Transfer of Shares by Diageo Share Ownership Trustee Limited and Messrs Walsh and Rose inform the Company of their beneficial interests therein. Lord Blyth and Todd Stitzer inform the Company of their beneficial interests. Company receives notification from Barclays PLC of interest in shares in the Company. Lodgment of the Company’s Interim Report, Summary Financial Statement Notices with UK Listing Authority
(10 March 2005)
  Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(23 March 2005)
Announcement
  Announcement
Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(10 March 2005)
  Transfer of Shares by Diageo Share Ownership Trustee Limited and Messrs Walsh and Rose inform the Company of their beneficial interests therein
(24 March 2005)

 

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Announcement
  Announcement
Transfer of Shares by Diageo Share Ownership Trustee Limited and Messrs Walsh and Rose inform the Company of their beneficial interests therein. Lodgment of Diageo Capital B.V. financial statements with UK Listing Authority.
(11 March 2005)
   Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd. (24 March 2005)
Announcement
  Announcement
Amendment to announcement of 11 March 2005
(11 March 2005)
  Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(29 March 2005)
Announcement
  Announcement
Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(14 March 2005)
  Company announces appointment of Dr F. B. Humer to the Board of Diageo plc effective from 1 April 2005.
(30 March 2005)
Announcement
  Announcement
Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(15 March 2005)
  Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(30 March 2005)
  Announcement
  Company purchases its own securities through CSFB Europe Ltd.
(31 March 2005)

 

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Company
   Diageo PLC
TIDM
   DGE
Headline
   Transaction in Own Shares
Released
   17:18 01-Mar-05
Number
   2082J

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 1,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of 742.85 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 43,830,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 3,005,980,623.

END

     
Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  17:19 02-Mar-05
Number
  2728J

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 1,500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 733.25 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 45,330,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 3,004,480,623.

END

     
Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Director Shareholding
Released
  14:28 04-Mar-05
Number
  PRNUK-0403

TO:    Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE:    CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF
THE LISTING RULES

 

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Diageo plc (the ‘Company’) announces that it received notification on 4 March 2005 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the ‘Trustee’), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the ‘Plan’) that the Trustee sold 819 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company (‘Ordinary Shares’) in respect of participants leaving the Plan and transferred 3,659 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 25 February 2005 at prices per Ordinary Share of £7.5115 and £7.531, by the Trustee.

           
Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Sold   Price Per Share
25.02.05
      648   £7.5115
25.02.05
      171   £7.531  
 
Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Transferred
25.02.05
   3,659

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,517,311 Ordinary Shares.

Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Plan are NC Rose and PS Walsh.

4 March 2005

END

     
Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  17:29 08-Mar-05
Number
  4966J

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 2,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of 735.24 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 47,330,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 3,002,481,146.

END

 

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  16:58 09-Mar-05
Number
  5515J

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 2,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of 740.36 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 49,330,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 3,000,483,373.

END

     
Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Director Shareholding and various
Released
  15:26 10-Mar-05
Number
  PRNUK-1003

TO:    Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE:    CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13, CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 11
AND CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 32 OF
THE LISTING RULES

Diageo plc (the ‘Company’) announces that:

It received notification on 10 March 2005 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the ‘Trustee’), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the ‘Plan’) that:

(i)  the Trustee purchased 43,559 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company (‘Ordinary Shares’) in respect of participants in the Plan on 10 March 2005 at a price of £7.46 per share. The Ordinary Shares were purchased by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited, which holds Ordinary Shares as trustee of the Plan;

(ii)  the following directors of the Company were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 March 2005 under the Plan, from those purchased by the Trustee as disclosed in (i) above:

       
Name of Director   Number of Ordinary Shares  
N C Rose
   24  
P S Walsh
   24  

The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased by the Trustee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted from salary (‘Sharepurchase’) and those awarded to the employee by the

 

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Company (‘Sharematch’) on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every two Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares.

The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch Ordinary Shares were awarded at a price per share of £7.46.

The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee. Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can normally be sold at any time. Sharematch Ordinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three years after the award date.

As a result of purchases, awards and transfers made by the Trustee on behalf of the Company on 10 March 2005 in respect of all participants in the Plan, the total holding of the Trustee now amounts to 4,560,870 Ordinary Shares.

As a result of the above, these directors’ interests in the Company’s Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company’s LTIPs and also interests as potential beneficiaries of the Grand Metropolitan No 2 Employee Share Trust and the Diageo Employee Benefit Trust) are as follows:

       
Name of Director   Number of Ordinary Shares
N C Rose
   230,473  
P S Walsh
   724,992  

It received notification on 10 March 2005 from Lord Blyth, a director of the Company, that he has purchased 982 Ordinary Shares on 10 March 2005 under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £7,375 per month, net of tax, from his director’s fees to purchase Ordinary Shares.

Lord Blyth has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he remains a director of the Company.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £7.46.

As a result of this purchase, Lord Blyth’s interest in Ordinary Shares has increased to 104,060.

It received notification on 10 March 2005 from Todd Stitzer, a director of the Company, that he has purchased 133 Ordinary Shares on 10 March 2005 under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £1,000 per month, net of tax, from his director’s fees to purchase Ordinary Shares.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £7.46.

As a result of this purchase, Mr Stitzer’s interest in Ordinary Shares has increased to 1,222.

 

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It received notification on 9 March 2005 for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, from Barclays PLC (‘Barclays’) that as at 4 March 2005 Barclays had, through its legal entities listed below, increased its interest in the Company’s Ordinary Shares to 111,307,759 Ordinary Shares, representing 3.70 per cent. of the issued share capital. The issued share capital of the Company as at 9 March 2005 was 3,004,483,373, excluding 45,330,000 Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares. The Legal Entities, Registered Holders and the number of Ordinary Shares held by each of them are as follows:

         
Legal Entity   Holding  
Barclays Life Assurance Co Limited
     3,665,359  
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust
     2,990,046  
Gerrard Limited
     445,610  
Barclays Global Investors Japan Limited
     723,808  
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Limited
     3,739  
Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited
     778,157  
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Limited
     47,110  
Barclays Private Bank Limited
     341,866  
Barclays Global Investors Limited
     37,389,450  
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.
     29,668,811  
Barclays Global Fund Advisors
     6,714,198  
Barclays Bank Trust Company Limited
     1,233,243  
Barclays Capital Securities Limited
     27,306,362  
 
      
Total
     111,307,759  
 
      
         
Registered Holder   Holding  
Bank of Ireland
     423,589  
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED
     27,306,362  
Barclays Trust Co & Others
     73,616  
BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM
     13,766  
Barclays Trust Co DMC69
     44,484  
Barclays Trust Co E99
     15,278  
Barclays Trust Co EP856
     345  
Barclays Trust Co R69
     1,085,754  
BNP PARIBAS
     89,131  
CHASE NOMINEES LTD
     1,705,397  
CHASE NOMINEES LTD
     5,643,468  
CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES
     53,356  
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125
     4,258  
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125
     1,709  
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125
     4,000  
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125
     7,000  
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125
     3,090  
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125
     4,254  
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125
     3,500  
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125
     13,206  

 

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Registered Holder   Holding  
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125
     2,213  
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125
     2,540  
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225
     1,340  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     872,971  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     34,610  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     4,439,165  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     415,951  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     24,777  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     15,566,699  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     470,015  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     2,549,000  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     721,761  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     15,247  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     222,735  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     40,287  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     138,764  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     85,932  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     5,140,530  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     733,635  
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.
     575,050  
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)
     963,231  
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)
     199,204  
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)
     157,432  
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)
     1,772,684  
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)
     374,821  
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)
     55,945  
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)
     92,400  
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)
     29,866,508  
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)
     49,642  
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY)
     174,077  
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
     507,665  
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
     270,492  
JPMorgan Chase Bank
     7,222  
JPMorgan Chase Bank
     32,646  
JPMorgan Chase Bank
     188,570  
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
     90,924  
JPMorgan Chase Bank
     389,359  
JPMorgan Chase Bank
     1,623,892  
JPMorgan Chase Bank
     128,225  
JPMorgan Chase Bank
     81,460  
JPMorgan Chase Bank
     330,665  
JPMorgan Chase Bank
     381,452  
JPMorgan Chase Bank
     30,078  
JPMorgan Chase Bank
     24,915  
Mellon Trust — Boston & SF
     437,854  
Mellon Trust — Boston & SF
     134,777  
MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND
     168,331  
Mitsubishi Trust International
     19,774  

 

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Registered Holder   Holding  
NORTHERN TRUST BANK — BGI SEPA
     182,399  
NORTHERN TRUST BANK — BGI SEPA
     215,997  
NORTHERN TRUST BANK — BGI SEPA
     44,638  
R C Greig Nominees Limited alc
     147,911  
R C Greig Nominees Limited alc
     25,772  
R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1
     203,879  
R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1
     68,048  
Reflex Nominees Limited
     1,875  
Reflex Nominees Limited
     1,864  
State Street
     52,007  
State Street Bank & Trust — U.
     79,915  
STATE STREET BOSTON
     259,881  
STATE STREET BOSTON
     2,526,871  
WELLS FARGO SEATTLE — WIRE BAN
     51,806  
ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED
     341,866  
 
      
Total
     111,307,759  
 
      

In accordance with Chapter 9 paragraph 32 of the Listing Rules, two copies of the Company’s Interim Report for the six months ended 31 December 2004 and Summary Financial Statements Notices have been lodged today with the UK Listing Authority for publication through the Document Viewing Facility.

10 March 2005

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  17:08 10-Mar-05
Number
  6149J

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 1,500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 745.32 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 50,830,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,998,984,083.

END

 

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Director Shareholding and various
Released
  15:54 11-Mar-05
Number
  PRNUK-1103

TO:    Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE:    CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 AND
CHAPTER 23 PARAGRAPH 23.23 OF
THE LISTING RULES

Diageo plc (the ‘Company’) announces that:

1. it received notification on 11 March 2005 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the ‘Trustee’), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the ‘Plan’) that the Trustee sold 1,986 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company (‘Ordinary Shares’) in respect of participants leaving the Plan and transferred 19,672 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold between 3 March 2005 and 10 March 2005 at prices per Ordinary Share of between £7.351 and £7.456, by the Trustee.

           
Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Sold   Price Per Share  
03.03.05
            8   £7.3765  
04.03.05
     1,232   £7.351    
08.03.05
        414   £7.3925  
10.03.05
        176   £7.456    
 
Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Transferred  
04.03.05
   19,672  

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,539,212 Ordinary Shares.

Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Plan are NC Rose and PS Walsh.

2. In accordance with Chapter 23 Paragraph 23.23 of the Listing Rules, two copies of the audited financial statements for Diageo Capital B.V. for the year ended 30 June 2004 have been lodged today with the UK Listing Authority for publication through the Document Viewing Facility.

11 March 2005

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Trans.in OwnShares-Replace
Released
  18:05 11-Mar-05
Number
  6803J

This announcement replaces the earlier announcement sent under RNS 6738J. Please note the amendments to the number of shares held in treasury and the number of ordinary shares in issue (excl treasury)

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 1,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of 754.9 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 48,330,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 3,001,486,339.

END

     
Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  17:23 14-Mar-05
Number
  7378J

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 1,550,000 ordinary shares at a price of 757.36 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 49,880,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,999,938,963.

END

 

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  17:32 15-Mar-05
Number
  7966J

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 1,500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 755.22 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 54,880,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,994,959,360.

END

     
Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  17:33 16-Mar-05
Number
  8591J

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 1,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of 753.85 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 55,880,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,993,959,533.

END

     
Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  17:29 17-Mar-05
Number
  9114J

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 750,000 ordinary shares at a price of 749.99 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 56,630,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,993,221,228.

END

 

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Director Shareholding
Released
  10:55 18-Mar-05
Number
  PRNUK-1803

TO:    Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE:    CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF
THE LISTING RULES

Diageo plc (the ‘Company’) announces that it received notification on 18 March 2005 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the ‘Trustee’), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the ‘Plan’) that the Trustee sold 226 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company (‘Ordinary Shares’) in respect of participants leaving the Plan and transferred 159 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 15 March 2005 at a price per Ordinary Share of £7.5610 by the Trustee.

           
Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Sold   Price Per Share
  
15.03.05
   226   £7.5610  
 
Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Transferred  
16.03.05
   159  

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,538,827 Ordinary Shares.

Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Plan are NC Rose and PS Walsh.

18 March 2005

END

     
Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  18:19 18-Mar-05
Number
  9760J

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 750,000 ordinary shares at a price of 751.4 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

 

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Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 57,380,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,992,471,228.

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  17:39 22-Mar-05
Number
  0977K

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 752.86 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 57,880,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,991,983,465.

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  17:44 23-Mar-05
Number
  1640K

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 753.86 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 58,380,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,991,483,465.

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Director Shareholding
Released
  14:10 24-Mar-05
Number
  PRNUK-2403

TO:    Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE:    CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF
THE LISTING RULES

Diageo plc (the ‘Company’) announces that it received notification on 24 March 2005 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the ‘Trustee’), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the ‘Plan’) that the Trustee sold 1,448 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company (‘Ordinary Shares’) in respect of
participants leaving the Plan and transferred 9,410 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 21 March 2005 at a price per Ordinary Share of £7.4456 by the Trustee.

           
Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Sold   Price Per Share  
21.03.05
   1,448   £7.4456  
 
Date of Transaction   No of Ordinary Shares Transferred  
21.03.05
   9,410  

The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,527,969 Ordinary Shares.

Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Plan are NC Rose and PS Walsh.

24 March 2005

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  16:46 24-Mar-05
Number
  2265K

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 757.71 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 58,880,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,990,993,643.

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  16:53 29-Mar-05
Number
  2956K

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 756.48 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 59,380,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,990,500,668.

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Directorate Change
Released
  12:40 30-Mar-05
Number
  3367K

30 March 2005

FRANZ B. HUMER TO JOIN THE DIAGEO BOARD

Diageo plc announced today the appointment of Dr Franz B. Humer, Chairman and CEO of Roche, to the Diageo board, effective 1 April 2005.

His appointment brings to seven the number of Diageo’s independent non-executive directors. He will be appointed to the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.

Commenting on the appointment, Lord Blyth said:
‘Franz is a highly respected international businessman and brings a variety of highly relevant complementary skills and experience. We are delighted to welcome him to the Diageo board.’

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Diageo media enquiries to:
Isabelle Thomas +44 (0) 20 7927 5967 media@diageo.com

 

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Diageo investor relations enquiries to
Catherine James +44 (0) 20 7927 5272 investor.rel@diageo.com
 
Roche media enquiries to:
Roche Group Media Office
+41 61 688 88 88     basel.mediaoffice@roche.com

Notes to Editor:
1.  Diageo’s chairman is James Blyth. Other non-executive directors are: Lord Hollick (Senior Independent Director and chairman of the Remuneration Committee), Maria Lilja, William Shanahan, Jonathan Symonds (chairman of the Audit Committee), Todd Stitzer and Paul Walker. Executive members of the board are Paul Walsh (CEO), Nick Rose (CFO).

2.  Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks business. With its global vision, and local marketing focus, Diageo brings to consumers an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across the spirits, wine and beer categories including Smirnoff, Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Baileys, J&B, Cuervo, Captain Morgan and Tanqueray, and Beaulieu Vineyard and Sterling Vineyards wines. Diageo trades in some 180 countries around the world and is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE). Diageo had a market capitalisation of c. £22.6 billion as of the close of business of the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday, 29 March 2005. For more information about Diageo, its people, brands and performance, visit us at www.diageo.com

3.  Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups in the fields of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. As a supplier of innovative products and services for the early detection, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, the Group contributes on a broad range of fronts to improving people’s health and quality of life. Roche is a world leader in diagnostics, the leading supplier of medicines for cancer and transplantation and a market leader in virology. In 2004 sales by the Pharmaceuticals Division totalled 21.7 billion Swiss francs, while the Diagnostics Division posted sales of 7.8 billion Swiss francs. Roche employs roughly 65,000 people in 150 countries and has R&D agreements and strategic alliances with numerous partners, including majority ownership interests in Genentech and Chugai.

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  16:52 30-Mar-05
Number
  3616K

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 900,000 ordinary shares at a price of 750.72 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 60,280,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,989,602,391.

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Company
  Diageo PLC
TIDM
  DGE
Headline
  Transaction in Own Shares
Released
  16:53 31-Mar-05
Number
  4375K

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd 1,750,000 ordinary shares at a price of 749.64 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 62,030,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,987,852,391

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