3rd Oct 2005 14:22
TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE RULES The notifications listed below are each in respect of a single transaction ofwhich notification was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure Rulesand, in respect of directors of Diageo plc only, Section 324 of the CompaniesAct 1985. Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:1) it received notification on 3 October 2005 from Diageo Share OwnershipTrustees Limited (the "Trustee"), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan(the "Plan") that the following directors and Persons Discharging ManagerialResponsibilities ("PDMR"), together with other eligible employees under thePlan, were awarded ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company("Ordinary Shares") on 3 October 2005 under the Plan, an Inland Revenueapproved plan operated by Diageo Group companies for the benefit of employeesof the Company and its subsidiaries:Name of Director No. of Ordinary Shares N C Rose 368 P S Walsh 368 Name of PDMR No. of Ordinary Shares S Fletcher 368 J Grover 368 A Morgan 368 G Williams 368 The Ordinary Shares were awarded by the Trustee at no cost to Plan participants("Freeshares"), to a value based on a percentage of the participant's salary on30 June 2005 and the Company's profits for the financial year ended 30 June2005, subject to a maximum per Plan participant of ‚£3,000 in value per taxyear. Freeshares are awarded annually and are held by the Trustee and cannotnormally be disposed of for a period of three years after the award date.As a result of the above, the directors' and PDMRs' interests in the Company'sOrdinary Shares (excluding options, awards under Diageo group employee sharetrusts) are as follows:Name of Director No. of Ordinary Shares N C Rose 244,251 P S Walsh 745,501 Name of PDMR No. of Ordinary Shares S Fletcher 97,485 J Grover 137,105 A Morgan 115,959 G Williams 169,522* (*of which 5,423 are held in the form of American Depository Shares ("ADS"). 1ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares).3 October 2005ENDDIAGEO PLCRelated Shares:
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