Transaction in Own Shares

3rd Feb 2009 14:27

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 on 2 February 2009, it released from treasury 1,750 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 254,358,903 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,499,514,313.

03 February 2009

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