Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
16 December 2005

Diageo plc

16 December 2005

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through Goldman Sachs
International 500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 837.12 pence per share.  The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 169,319,000 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,881,300,991.






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