Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
31 March 2005


Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd
1,750,000 ordinary shares at a price of 749.64 pence per share. The purchased
shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 62,030,000 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,987,852,391


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