• Diageo published its “Fiscal 27 Q1 Aide Memoire,” reiterating guidance for broadly flat organic net sales growth, with North America expected to decline at a mid-single-digit rate.
• It kept its outlook for low- to mid-single-digit organic operating profit growth, supported by about 40% of an $850 million operating-framework savings program in the year.
• The document also reaffirmed forecasts for about $2 billion of free cash flow, including about $850 million of exceptional costs tied to operating changes and a supply-chain savings program.
• Diageo also reiterated plans for about $1.25 billion of capital expenditure, an effective interest rate of about 4%, and a tax rate before exceptional items of about 25%.
• The materials were posted at www.diageo.com/en/investors.

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