8th Jun 2005 15:00
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 8 June 2005 that Mourant & Co Trustees Limited, astrustee of the Employee Benefit Trust ("Mourant"), had transferred 100,000Ordinary Shares to a beneficiary of the Employee Benefit Trust on 7 June 2005,following an exercise of options under the Company's Senior Executive ShareOption Plan.As a result of the above transactions the total holding of the Employee BenefitTrust amounts to 6,421,825Ordinary Shares.Mr P S Walsh, a director, notified the Company on 7 June 2005 that:a. on 7 June 2005, he exercised options over 100,000 Ordinary Sharesof 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted on 20December 1999 at a price per share of ‚£5.18 under the Senior Executive ShareOption Plan of the Company; andb. on 7 June 2005, he sold 90,000 Ordinary Shares at a price pershare of ‚£8.05.Mr Walsh will retain beneficial ownership of the balance of the 10,000 OrdinaryShares.As a result of these transactions Mr Walsh's interest in Ordinary Shares(excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and also interests as apotential beneficiary of the Grand Metropolitan No. 2 Employee Share Trust andthe Diageo Employee Benefit Trust) is 735,040. 8 June 2004ENDDIAGEO PLCRelated Shares:
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