9th Oct 2007 13:03
Diageo PLC09 October 2007 This announcement replaces the original announcement released on 04/10/07 at 17:43, RNS No: 1951F. The number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasuryshares) should have read 2,614,257,147 and not 2,893,173,123 as previouslystated. All other details remain unchanged. The amended text appears below: Diageo plc - Transaction in Own Shares Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through CreditSuisse Securities (Europe) Limited 484,049 ordinary shares at a price of 1108.15pence per share. The purchased shares will be held in employee benefit trustsfor the purpose of satisfying share awards made under the Company's employeeshare plans. Following the above purchase, the Company holds 278,915,976 ordinary shares astreasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding sharesheld as treasury shares) is 2,614,257,147. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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