Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
18 February 2005

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through Cazenove & Co. Ltd
750,000 ordinary shares at a price of 747.3264 pence per share. The purchased
shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 40,580,000 ordinary shares
as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding
shares held as treasury shares) is 3,009,201,891


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