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 22 June 2016 that Deirdre Mahlan, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), transferred 168,166 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") held in her own name to her spouse Mr Charles F Mahlan III. The transfer was effected on 17 June 2016.
As a result of this transaction, Ms Mahlan's interests in the Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) remain unchanged at 307,839 (of which 138,610 are held as ADS*).
A Syed
Company Secretarial Assistant
23 June 2016
*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.