Transaction in Own Shares

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                        
                                                                               
         PR Newswire                                                           
                                                                               
RE:      PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES                                 

Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 712
Ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants
made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary
Shares were released from treasury was 976.71 pence per share.

Following this release, the Company holds 254,348,789 Ordinary Shares as
treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding
shares held as treasury shares) is 2,499,523,127*.

27 February 2009

*This number has been adjusted so as to reduce the number of ordinary shares in
issue by 1,300, with effect from 19 February 2009, to correct an administrative
error.