Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8221E

Diageo PLC

15 May 2013

 



Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through UBS Limited 556,043 ordinary shares at a price of 2055.6946 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 6,500,264 from 1st July 2012 to today's date.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 244,026,863 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,510,128,078

 

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