Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
24 February 2005


Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through Cazenove & Co. Ltd
500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 751.1804 pence per share. The purchased
shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 41,580,000 ordinary shares
as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding
shares held as treasury shares) is 3,008,223,414


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