22nd Oct 2007 14:04
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 19 October 2007, that Mr I Menezes, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities, had on 18 October 2007 exercised 50,662 options over American Depositary Shares in the Company ("ADS"*), granted on 10 October 2003 at a price per ADS of $43.82 under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP"). Mr Menezes subsequently sold 50,162 ADSs, on 18 October 2007, at a price per ADS of $91.8136.
Mr Menezes retains beneficial ownership of the balance of 500 ADSs.
As a result of the above, Mr Menezes's interests in the Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("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 273,094 (of which 180,096 are held as ADSs).
22 October 2007
*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.
DIAGEO PLCRelated Shares:
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