Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1103B

Diageo PLC

02 October 2015

 

TO:      Regulatory Information Service

RE:      Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

The notifications listed below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 2 October 2015 of the release of ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") and American Depositary Shares ("ADSs")* to the Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMRs") under the Company's 2008 Performance Share Plan ("PSP") on 1 October 2015 as set out below.  The awards were made on 1 October 2012 and vested at a level of 33%. Also released were the Ordinary Shares and ADSs that were accrued in respect of notional dividends under the PSP during the period. The balance of each award has lapsed.

Name of Director	Number of Ordinary Shares released	Number of Ordinary Shares in respect of notional dividend	Number of Ordinary Shares sold#	Balance of Ordinary Shares retained and beneficially owned
D Mahlan	44,884	4,380	23,207	26,057
Name of Director	Number of ADS released	Number of ADS in respect of notional dividend	Number of ADS shares sold#	Balance of ADS shares retained and beneficially owned
I Menezes	18,309	1,853	10,566	9,596
Name of PDMR	Number of Ordinary Shares released	Number of Ordinary Shares in respect of notional dividend	Number of Ordinary Shares sold#	Balance of Ordinary Shares retained and beneficially owned
N Blazquez	21,039	2,053	10,881	12,211
D Cutter	2,588	252	1,347	1,493
S Moriarty	14,851	1,449	7,681	8,619
Name of PDMR	Number of ADS released	Number of ADS in respect of notional dividend	Number of ADS shares sold#	Balance of ADS shares retained and beneficially owned
S Saller	849	85	459	475
L Schwartz	6,022	609	2,458	4,173

The Ordinary Shares were sold at a price per share of £17.80 and the ADSs were sold a price 
per ADS of $107.34.

The transactions referred to above were conducted on the London Stock Exchange (for 
Ordinary Shares) and the New York Stock Exchange (for ADS).

As a result of the above transactions the interests of the directors and PDMRs in the 
Company's Ordinary Shares and ADS's (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	No. of Ordinary Shares
D Mahlan	306,834 (of which 137,626 held as ADS)
Name of Director	No. of ADS
I Menezes	831,094 (of which 738,096 held as ADS)
Name of PDMR	No. of Ordinary Shares
N Blazquez	97,552
D Cutter	16,788
S Moriarty	51,183
Name of PDMR	No. of ADS
S Saller	19,084
L Schwartz	30,536

V Cooper        

Senior Company Secretarial Assistant

2 October 2015

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

# Ordinary Shares/ADS have been sold to meet the requirement to reimburse the Company 
for PAYE tax and National Insurance/social security liabilities on awards released under the PSP.

 

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