Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
16 March 2006

Diageo plc

16 March 2006

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Goldman
Sachs International 821,000 ordinary shares at a price of 915.99 pence per
share. The purchased shares will be held in treasury for the purpose of
satisfying options granted under the Company's employee share plans.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 205,308,111 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,845,497,808.




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