Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9215O

Diageo PLC

25 September 2013

 



Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through UBS 600,000 ordinary shares at a price of 1991.6986 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 1,624,124 from 1st July 2013 to today's date.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 240,880,919 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,513,309,847.

 

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