Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1626A
Diageo PLC
24 September 2015
 

24 September 2015

 

Diageo plc

Transaction in Own Shares

 

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Morgan Stanley 500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 1716.55 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 2,102,011 from 1st July 2015 to today's date.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 240,014,240 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,514,317,713.


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