8th Apr 2005 13:21
TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 13 OF THE LISTING RULES Diageo plc (the "Company") announces:1. That it received notification on 8 April 2005 for the purposes of Section329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the"Trustee"), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan") that theTrustee sold 161 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("OrdinaryShares") in respect of participants leaving the Plan and transferred 1,087Ordinary Shares back into the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 6 April2005 at a price per Ordinary Share of ‚£7.8306 by the Trustee.The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 4,519,462 Ordinary Shares.Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Plan are NC Rose and PS Walsh.2. The following in respect of Dr Franz B. Humer, who was appointed a Directorof the Company on 1 April 2005:In respect of Chapter 16 paragraph 4(a), apart from his current directorship ofRoche, notified on 30 March 2005, Dr Humer was formerly a director of CadburySchweppes Public Limited Company and Genentech, Inc (in the USA) and iscurrently a director of Chugai (in Japan);In respect of Chapter 16 paragraph 4(b), there are no such details to disclose;andAt the date of his appointment as a Director of the Company, Dr Humer had aholding of 3,500 Ordinary Shares in the Company.8 April 2005ENDDIAGEO PLCRelated Shares:
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