2nd Oct 2012 11:53
TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules
The notifications listed below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and Paragraph 12.6.4 of the Listing Rules.
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that on 1 October 2012:
1. the directors shown below were granted the following options over the
Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence ("Ordinary Shares") or American Depositary Shares ("ADS")*under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan (the "SESOP"), approved by shareholders on 15 October 2008: Name of Director No. of Ordinary Shares D Mahlan 146,299 P S Walsh 264,845 No. of ADS I Menezes 46,575
2. the Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") shown below
were granted the following options over Ordinary Shares or ADSs under the
SESOP: Name of PDMR No. of Ordinary Shares N Blazquez 60,958 A Fennell 60,240 G Ghostine 57,009 D Gosnell 54,216 J Grover 53,124 A Morgan 71,394 G Williams 60,814 I Wright 31,669 No. of ADS R Millian 13,351 T Proctor 24,398 L Schwartz 13,928
Each option was granted at a price of £17.43 per Ordinary Share (or $112.72 per ADS) and is exercisable between 1 October 2015 and 30 September 2022, subject to the satisfaction of performance criteria.
3. the directors shown below acquired an interest in Ordinary Shares or ADSs
in the form of awards under the Company's Performance Share Plan (the
"PSP"), approved by shareholders on 15 October 2008, as follows:
Name of Director No. of Ordinary Shares D Mahlan 134,653 P S Walsh 304,702 No. of ADS I Menezes 54,927
4. the PDMRs shown below acquired an interest in Ordinary Shares or ADSs in
the form of awards under the PSP, as follows:
Name of PDMRNo. of Ordinary Shares N Blazquez 63,118 A Fennell 62,376 G Ghostine 59,029 D Gosnell 56,138 J Grover 55,007 A Morgan 73,924 G Williams 62970 I Wright 27,326 No. of ADS* R Millian 14,171 T Proctor 23,018 L Schwartz 18,086
The performance period commenced on 1 July 2012 and, subject to the rules of the PSP and the satisfaction of performance conditions, the awards will vest in October 2015.
As a result of the above transactions the interests of directors and PDMRs in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADSs (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are unchanged.
*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.
J NichollsDeputy Company Secretary2 October 2012
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