Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7566R

Diageo PLC

10 March 2016

 

10 March 2016

Diageo plc

Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Morgan Stanley 185,958 ordinary shares at a price of £18.6809 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 2,397,521 from 1st July 2015 to today's date.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 237,774,568 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,516,602,591.

 

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