Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
17 May 2006

Diageo plc

17 May 2006

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through Goldman Sachs
International 900,000 ordinary shares at a price of 882.32 pence per share.  The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 232,933,925 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,818,041,243.






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