Diageo PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding and DTR 6.4.2R (6318H)

TIDMDGE

RNS Number : 6318H

Diageo PLC

01 December 2015

 
TO:  Regulatory Information Service 
RE:  PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 AND 6.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE 
      AND TRANSPARENCY RULES

1. The notifications listed below were all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the

Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:

   a.   It received notification on 1 December 2015 that the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") were granted options to subscribe for American Depository Shares ("ADS")* under the US Employee Stock Purchase Plan (also known as the US Sharevalue Plan) (the "USESPP") as follows: 
 
     Name of      Grant Date    Estimated      Grant    Exercisable 
      PDMR                       No of          price 
                                 ADS granted    per 
                                                ADS 
                  1 October                             31 December 
     B Franz       2015         224            $89.19    2016 
                  1 October                             31 December 
     A Gavazzi     2015         201            $89.19    2016 
                  1 October                             31 December 
     S Saller      2015         224            $89.19    2016 
 
   b.   It received notification on 1 December 2015 that the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 1 December 2015 upon the exercise of options as detailed below: 
 
 
 Name of PDMR   Grant Date           Option Price   No. of Ordinary Shares   Shareplan 
 N Blazquez     11 November 2010     GBP9.41        323                      Diageo 2010 Sharesave Plan

The Ordinary Shares referred to in item 1.b. above were purchased on the London Stock Exchange.

As a result of the above transactions, interests of PDMRs in the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") and ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:

 
Name of PDMR   Number of ADS 
B Franz        18,897 
S Saller       19,120 
 
   Name of PDMR                           Number of Ordinary Shares 
   N Blazquez                                  98,302 
   A Gavazzi                                    72,923 (39,382 are held as ADS)

2. For the purposes of Paragraph 6.4.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

the Home State of Diageo plc is the United Kingdom.

A Syed

Company Secretarial Assistant

1 December 2015

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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