TO: Regulatory Information Service
RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules
The notification listed below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 12 January 2016 that, in connection with the Company's US Employee Stock Purchase Plan (also known as the US Sharevalue Plan) (the "USESPP"), the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") received, on 8 January 2016, American Depositary Shares ("ADS"),* following the exercise of share options, as participants in the USESPP at a price of $102.09 per ADS as follows:
Name of PDMR |
Number of ADSs |
B Franz |
195.90 |
S Saller |
195.90 |
As a result of these transactions, the interests of the Director and 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 |
No. of ADS |
B Franz |
19,093 |
S Saller |
19,316 |
V Cooper
Assistant Company Secretary
13 January 2016
*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares