London, Aug. 28, 2009 (PR Newswire UK Disclose) -- 
TO:      Regulatory Information Service                                        
                                                                               
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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
12,898 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("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 254,254,408 Ordinary Shares as
treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding
shares held as treasury shares) is 2,499,664,701.
28 August 2009

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