Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6541P

Diageo PLC

05 October 2011

 



Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited 681,061 ordinary shares at a price of 1,228.70 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.

The total number of shares purchased to be held in Treasury for the purpose of satisfying options grants and share awards made under the Company's employee share plans is 4,367,059 from 1st July 2011 to today's date.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds  253,840,608  ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,500,160,487

 

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