Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8976E

Diageo PLC

16 May 2013

 

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through UBS Limited 99,736 ordinary shares at a price of 2066.7233 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 6,600,000 from 1st July 2012 to today's date.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 244,126,599 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,510,028,342

 

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