Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2180H

Diageo PLC

11 March 2015

 

11 March 2015

Diageo plc

Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Bank of America Merrill Lynch 814,224 ordinary shares at a price of 1857.6145 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 3,839,345 from 1st July 2014 to today's date.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 240,155,916 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,514,119,364 .

 

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