Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
17 November 2005

Diageo plc

17 November 2005

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through Goldman Sachs
International 825,000 ordinary shares at a price of 846.51 pence per share.  The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 149,004,000 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,901,463,548.






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