TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF
THE DISCLOSURE RULES
The notifications listed below are each in respect of a single transaction of
which notification was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure Rules
and, in respect of directors of Diageo plc only, Section 324 of the Companies
Act 1985.
Diageo plc (the 'Company') announces that:
1. It received notification on 10 November 2005 of the following allocations of
ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') under
the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the 'Plan'), namely:
(i) the following directors of the Company were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10
November 2005 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the
'Trustee'):
Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares
N C Rose 23
P S Walsh 23
(ii) the following 'Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities' ('PDMR')
were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 November 2005 under the Plan, by the
Trustee:
Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares
S Fletcher 23
J Grover 23
A Morgan 23
G Williams 23
The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased on behalf of
the employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted
from salary ('Sharepurchase') and those awarded to the employee by the Company
('Sharematch') on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every two
Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares.
The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch Ordinary
Shares were awarded at a price per share of £8.575.
The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee and in the name of the Trustee.
Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can normally be sold at any time. Sharematch
Ordinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three years
after the award date.
As a result of the above, interests of directors and PDMRs in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (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 Director Number of Ordinary Shares
N C Rose 249,593
P S Walsh 747,546
Name of PDMR
S Fletcher 97,530
J Grover 137,150
A Morgan 116,004
G Williams 169,567*
(* of which 5,423 are held in the form of American Depository Shares ('ADS'). 1
ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.)
2. It received notification on 10 November 2005 from Lord Blyth, a director of
the Company, that he has purchased 1,159 Ordinary Shares on 10 November 2005
under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount
of £10,000 each month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase
Ordinary Shares. Lord Blyth has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he
remains a director of the Company.
The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £8.575.
As a result of this purchase, Lord Blyth's interest in Ordinary Shares has
increased to 118,386.
3. It received notification on 10 November 2005 from Todd Stitzer, a director
of the Company, that he has purchased 115 Ordinary Shares on 10 November 2005
under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount
of £1,000 each month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary
Shares.
The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £8.575.
As a result of this purchase, Mr Stitzer's interest in Ordinary Shares has
increased to 2,204.
10 November 2005
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