Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
26 September 2006



Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Credit
Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited 850,000 ordinary shares at a price of 951.81
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 277,549,555 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,766,989,542.




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