27th Sep 2007 07:10
Diageo PLC27 September 2007 Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares: Amendment This announcement amends the announcement released on 25 September 2007 (RNS No 4744E). Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that of the 1,211,817 ordinary sharespurchased on 25 September 2007 at a price of 1072.48 pence per share throughCredit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, 925,777 shares will be held inemployee benefit trusts for the purpose of satisfying share awards made underthe Company's employee share plans and 286,040 shares will be held in treasuryfor the purpose of satisfying options grants and share awards made under theCompany's employee share plans. Following this amendment and subsequent transactions, the Company holds277,399,947 ordinary shares as treasury shares and the total number of ordinaryshares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,616,459,216. 26 September 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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