Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
24 May 2006

Diageo plc

24 May 2006

Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through Goldman Sachs
International 1,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of 870.39 pence per share.
The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 237,658,063 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,813,317,105.






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