Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
12 April 2006

Diageo plc

12 April 2006

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Goldman
Sachs International 775,000 ordinary shares at a price of 888.74 pence per
share. The purchased shares will be held in treasury for the purpose of
satisfying options granted under the Company's employee share plans.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 217,093,111 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,833,879,474.


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