Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3717B

Diageo PLC

06 October 2015

 



TO:	Regulatory Information Service
RE:	Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

The notification below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 6 October 2015 that on 5 October 2015 the Company released the following ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to Sam Fischer, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR"), in respect of an award made under the Company's 2012 International Share Match Plan ("ISMP").

Name of PDMR	Number of Ordinary Shares released	Number of Ordinary Shares sold#	Balance of Ordinary Shares retained and beneficially owned
S Fischer	55	10	45

The Ordinary Shares were sold at a price per share of £18.04.

The Ordinary Shares referred to above were purchased on the London Stock Exchange.

As a result of the above transaction, Mr Fischer'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) have increased to 17,413.

V Cooper

Senior Company Secretarial Assistant         

6 October 2015

# Ordinary Shares 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 ISMP.

 

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