Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
21 April 2005







Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd
1,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of 771.73 pence per share. The purchased
shares will all be held as treasury shares.



Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 70,580,000 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,979,453,856




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