Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5895D

Diageo PLC

16 September 2008

 



Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited 1,025,487 ordinary shares at a price of 1013.28 pence per share. The purchased shares will be held in treasury for the purpose of satisfying options grants and share awards made under the Company's employee share plans.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 249,172,303 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,514,486,668.

 

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