Press releases: 2004

Diageo plc has reached an agreement to acquire The Chalone Wine Group Ltd [Nasdaq: CHLN] for a cash consideration of $14.25 per share. The total consideration including debt is therefore....

Diageo plc today announces that it has reached an agreement to acquire Ursus Vodka Holding N.V., the owner of the Ursus vodka and Ursus Roter brands. The agreement is conditional....

Stamford, Connecticut, November 10, 2004 – Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks business, today announced one of the company’s spirits brands would participate in the National Association for Stock Car....

November 9th, 2004, Beijing, China -- JOHNNIE WALKER, the world’s number one deluxe Scotch whisky, announced today the selection of Beijing, China, as the host city....

Diageo has noted recent press coverage of the legal action, filed in New York, against it and other spirits companies by the Republic of Colombia and a number of its....

Diageo announces that further to the announcement on 19 February 2004, Jonathan Symonds, a non-executive director, was appointed yesterday as chairman of the audit committee, with effect from the end....

At Diageo's annual general meeting this afternoon, Paul Walsh, chief executive Diageo plc, will make the following comments: ‘Trading in the first three months of the new financial year....

SUMMARY Diageo has today sold 49.9 million shares of common stock held in General Mills for $45.20 per share before fees. Diageo has transferred....

Diageo announced today its intention to sell 49,907,680 shares of common stock held in General Mills, Inc. Diageo intends to sell a majority of the shares in an underwritten public....

On 23 June 2004, General Mills filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC') that included 49,907,680 shares of General Mills owned by Diageo. ....