21st Jun 2010 15:22
TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules
The notifications listed 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:
1. Deirdre Mahlan, a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"),
exercised options on 18 June 2010 over 10,110 American Depositary Shares
("ADS")* granted on 11 October 2004 at a price per ADS of $50.92 under the
Company's Executive Share Option Plan.
Ms Mahlan subsequently sold 10,000 ADSs on 18 June 2010, at a price per ADS of $66.03. Ms Mahlan retains the balance of 110 ADS.
2. Andrew Morgan, a PDMR, sold 30,000 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each
in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 18 June 2010 at a price per share of
£11.14.
3. Stuart Fletcher, a PDMR, received Ordinary Shares on 1 December 2009, upon
the exercise of the following options granted under the Diageo UK Sharesave
Scheme 2000, as follows: 761 granted on 13 October 2006 with an exercise
price of £7.45 and 1,165 granted on 4 November 2004 with an exercise price
of £5.67.
As a result of the above transactions, the interests of Ms Mahlan, Mr Morgan and Mr Fletcher in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are:
Name of PDMR Number of ADS D Mahlan 4,156 Number of Ordinary Shares A Morgan 149,953 S Fletcher 94,585 P D TunnacliffeCompany Secretary21 June 2010
*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.
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