Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
20 September 2006

Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Credit
Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited 600,000 ordinary shares at a price of 941.65
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 274,149,555 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,770,389,542.




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