18th Oct 2006 18:00
Diageo PLC18 October 2006 Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through CreditSuisse Securities (Europe) Limited 1,200,000 ordinary shares at a price of956.68 pence per share. The purchased shares will be held in treasury for thepurpose of satisfying options granted under the Company's employee share plans. Following the above purchase, the Company holds 281,211,864 ordinary shares astreasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding sharesheld as treasury shares) is 2,760,677,233. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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