12th May 2008 15:39
TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
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 9 May 2008, that Mr PS Walsh, a director, had exercised options on 9 May 2008 over 130,487 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted on 12 September 2001 at a price per share of ‚£6.87 under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan. Mr Walsh subsequently sold 125,487 Ordinary Shares, on 9 May 2008, at a price per share of ‚£10.40.
Mr Walsh retains beneficial ownership of the balance of 5,000 Ordinary Shares.
As a result of the above, Mr Walsh'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) has increased to 683,296.
12 May 2008
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