Transaction in Own Shares

TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                     
                                                                            
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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
27,100 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 1,056.32 pence per share.

Following this release, the Company holds 248,396,394 Ordinary Shares as
treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding
shares held as treasury shares) is 2,505,701,365.

Paul Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

23 March 2012