Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
11 April 2006


Diageo plc
11 April 2006

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Goldman
Sachs International 85,000 ordinary shares at a price of 889.49 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 216,318,111 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,834,627,896.




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