Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
24 March 2006


Diageo plc
24 March 2006

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through Goldman Sachs
International 650,000 ordinary shares at a price of 909.87 pence per share.  The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 209,858,111 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,840,962,808.


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