Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6144R

Diageo PLC

09 March 2016

 

9 March 2016

Diageo plc

Transaction in Own Shares

Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through Morgan Stanley 109,552 ordinary shares at a price of £18.7780 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 2,211,563 from 1st July 2015 to today's date.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 237,590,610 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,516,784,428.

 

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