Transaction in Own Shares

5th Sep 2012 14:52

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 86,615 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 1080.32 pence per share.

Following this release, the Company holds 247,636,795 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,506,485,530.

John NichollsDeputy Company Secretary5 September 2012

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