Transaction in Own Shares

TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: PARAGRAPH 12.6.4 OF THE LISTING RULES Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that today, it released from treasury 28,812 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), to satisfy grants made under employee share plans. The average price at which these Ordinary Shares were released from treasury was 976.71 pence per share. Following this release, the Company holds 254,380,649 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,499,468,322. 19 December 2008

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