USL shareholders approve special resolution

14 December 2012

USL shareholders approve special resolution to allot shares to Diageo

Diageo has today announced that it has been notified that the shareholders of United Spirits Limited have approved the preferential allotment to Diageo, at a price of INR 1440 per share, of new shares amounting to 10% of the post-issue enlarged share capital of USL.

This preferential allotment of 14.53 million new shares remains conditional upon the satisfaction of (or in certain cases the waiver of) a number of conditions described in the announcement of 9 November 2012, including competition approval or clearance in India and elsewhere.

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