Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
14 July 2006


This announcement replaces the original announcement released on 13/07/06 at 
16:56, RNS No: 1880G.

The number of treasury shares held should have read 256,878,548 and not
256,893,548 and the total number of shares outstanding should read 2,794,101,697
and not 2,794,086,697 as previously stated.  All other details remain unchanged.

The amended text appears below



Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through Credit Suisse
Securities (Europe) Limited 460,000 ordinary shares at a price of 915.91 pence
per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 256,878,548 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,794,101,697.


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