Transaction in Own Shares

27th Oct 2010 14:42

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 115,787 ordinary shares of 28101/108 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 993.39 pence per share.

Following this release, the Company holds 252,258,820 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,501,697,755.

J NichollsDeputy Company Secretary27 October 2010

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