Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
27 September 2007



Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares: Amendment



This announcement amends the announcement released on 25 September 2007 
(RNS No 4744E).



Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that of the 1,211,817 ordinary shares
purchased on 25 September 2007 at a price of 1072.48 pence per share through
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, 925,777 shares will be held in
employee benefit trusts for the purpose of satisfying share awards made under
the Company's employee share plans and 286,040 shares will be held in treasury
for the purpose of satisfying options grants and share awards made under the
Company's employee share plans.



Following this amendment and subsequent transactions, the Company holds
277,399,947 ordinary shares as treasury shares and the total number of ordinary
shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,616,459,216.

26 September 2007








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