5th Oct 2006 16:45
Diageo PLC05 October 2006 Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through CreditSuisse Securities (Europe) Limited 1,034,685 ordinary shares at a price of951.44 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 280,011,864 ordinary shares astreasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding sharesheld as treasury shares) is 2,764,527,233. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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