10th May 2005 11:57
TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF THE LISTING RULES Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:It received notification on 10 May 2005 for the purposes of Section 329 of theCompanies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the"Trustee"), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan") that:(i) the Trustee purchased 42,165 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in theCompany ("Ordinary Shares") in respect of participants in the Plan on 10 May2005 at a price of ‚£7.89 per share. The Ordinary Shares were purchased byDiageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited, which holds Ordinary Shares as trusteeof the Plan;(ii) the following directors of the Company were allocated Ordinary Shares on10 May 2005 under the Plan, from those purchased by the Trustee as disclosed in(i) above:Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares N C Rose 24 P S Walsh 24 The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased by theTrustee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted fromsalary ("Sharepurchase") and those awarded to the employee by the Company("Sharematch") on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every twoSharepurchase Ordinary Shares.The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch OrdinaryShares were awarded at a price per share of ‚£7.89.The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee. Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares cannormally be sold at any time. Sharematch Ordinary Shares cannot normally bedisposed of for a period of three years after the award date. As a result of purchases, awards and transfers made by the Trustee on behalf ofthe Company on 10 May 2005 in respect of all participants in the Plan, thetotal holding of the Trustee now amounts to 4,569,577 Ordinary Shares.As a result of the above, these directors' interests in the Company's OrdinaryShares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and also interestsas potential beneficiaries of the Grand Metropolitan No 2 Employee Share Trustand the Diageo Employee Benefit Trust) are as follows:Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares N C Rose 238,790 P S Walsh 725,040 It received notification on 10 May 2005 from Lord Blyth, a director of theCompany, that he has purchased 929 Ordinary Shares on 10 May 2005 under anarrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of ‚£7,375per 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 directorof the Company.The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of ‚£7.89.As a result of this purchase, Lord Blyth's interest in Ordinary Shares hasincreased to 107,401.It received notification on 10 May 2005 from Todd Stitzer, a director of theCompany, that he has purchased 126 Ordinary Shares on 10 May 2005 under anarrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of ‚£1,000per month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary Shares.The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of ‚£7.89As a result of this purchase, Mr Stitzer's interest in Ordinary Shares hasincreased to 1,474.10 May 2005ENDDIAGEO PLCRelated Shares:
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