22nd Oct 2009 13:49
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 today that the following directors and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"), as participants in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in respect of the final dividend paid on 19 October 2009, as follows:
Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares Dr FB Humer 266 NC Rose 10,162 Name of PDMR G Williams 48*
The Ordinary Shares were purchased on 19 October 2009 (with a settlement date of 22 October 2009) at an average price of 9.775.
As a result of the above transaction, these directors' and PDMR's interests in the Company's Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's employee benefit trusts) have increased as follows:
Name of Director Number of Ordinary Shares Dr FB Humer 17,185 NC Rose 464,453 Name of PDMR G Williams 245,557 (of which 5,992 are held as ADS* *)
* In respect of shares held by his son David Rhys Williams.
**1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.
P D TunnacliffeCompany Secretary22 October 2009
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