Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
26 January 2006


Diageo plc announces that it has on Monday 23 January 2006 purchased through
CSFB Europe Ltd 1,150,000 ordinary shares at a price of 821.02 pence per share.
The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc held 181,009,500 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) was 2,869,653,240.


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