Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2048Z

Diageo PLC

10 March 2017

 

Transaction in own shares

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Bank of America Merrill Lynch 439,319 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 2273.3712 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. Details of the relevant repurchase transactions are set out below:   

Description of Shares:	Diageo plc ordinary shares of 28101/108 pence each
Number of Shares repurchased:	439,319
Average price paid per Share (pence):	2273.3712
Highest price paid per Share (pence):	2279.5
Lowest price paid per Share (pence):	2258.0
Date of transaction:	10 March 2017
Broker:	Merrill Lynch International

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 4,547,200 from 1st July 2016 to today's date.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 237,389,105 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,517,064,727.

A full breakdown of the individual trades is attached to this announcement.

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