Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo PLC
20 October 2005






Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased through CSFB Europe Ltd
2,100,000 ordinary shares at a price of 820.93 pence per share. The purchased
shares will all be held as treasury shares.



Following the above purchase, Diageo plc holds 120,864,000 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 2,929,594,589.


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