12th Apr 2006 17:58
Diageo PLC12 April 2006 Diageo plc 12 April 2006 Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through GoldmanSachs International 775,000 ordinary shares at a price of 888.74 pence pershare. The purchased shares will be held in treasury for the purpose ofsatisfying options granted under the Company's employee share plans. Following the above purchase, the Company holds 217,093,111 ordinary shares astreasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding sharesheld as treasury shares) is 2,833,879,474. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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