Diageo PLC Transaction in Own Shares (7463K)
September 23 2016 - 11:38AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMDGE
RNS Number : 7463K
Diageo PLC
23 September 2016
Transaction in own shares
Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased
through Bank of America Merrill Lynch 861,196 ordinary shares in
the Company at a price of 2219.4318 pence per share. The purchased
shares will be held in treasury for the purpose of satisfying
options grants and share awards made under the Company's employee
share plans. Details of the relevant repurchase transactions are
set out below:
Description of Shares: Diageo plc ordinary shares
of 28(101/108) pence each
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Number of Shares repurchased: 861,196
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Average price paid per Share
(pence): 2219.4318
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Highest price paid per Share
(pence): 2225.0
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Lowest price paid per Share
(pence): 2198.0
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Date of transaction: 23 September 2016
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Broker: Merrill Lynch International
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The total number of shares purchased to be held in Treasury for
the purpose of satisfying options grants and share awards made
under the Company's employee share plans is 2,491,407 from 1st July
2016 to today's date.
Following the above purchase, the Company holds 237,186,043
ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary
shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is
2,517,239,461.
A full breakdown of the individual trades is attached to this
announcement.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7463K_-2016-9-23.pdf
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