13th Nov 2012 15:47
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.
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:
1. It received notification on 13 November 2012 that on 12 November 2012 the
Company released ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") and American Depositary Shares (ADS")* to the following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMRs") in respect of notional dividends that had accrued on shares vested on 26 September 2012 under the Company's performance share plan:
Name of Director Number of Ordinary Number of Balance of Ordinary
Shares Ordinary Shares retained and sold# beneficially owned P Walsh 24,062 12,544 11,518
Name of Director Number of ADS Number of ADS Balance of ADS
sold# retained and beneficially owned D Mahlan 997 520 477 I Menezes 2,470 1,141 1,329 Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Number of Balance of Ordinary Shares released Ordinary Shares Shares retained and sold# beneficially owned N Blazquez 2,583 1,347 1,236 A Fennell 4,062 2,118 1,944 G Ghostine 4,356 1,529 2,827 D Gosnell 4,125 2,151 1,974 J Grover 4,449 2,320 2,129 A Morgan 6,100 3,180 2,920 G Williams 5,000 2,607 2,393 I Wright 2,208 1,152 1,056 Name of PDMR Number of ADS Number of ADS Balance of ADS released shares sold# shares retained and beneficially owned J Millian 1,026 375 651 T Proctor 1,822 915 907 L Schwartz 1,092 505 587
2. It received notification today that Mr Fennell, a PDMR, exercised options
on 12 November 2012 over Ordinary Shares under the Company's Senior
Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP") as set out below:
No. of Ordinary Date of grant Price per share Shares 53,734 27 October 2008 £8.77 85,346 17 September 2009 £9.52
Mr Fennell subsequently sold 135,603 Ordinary Shares on 12 November 2012, at a price per share of £18.07. Mr Fennell retains the balance of 3,477 Ordinary Shares.
3. It received notification today that Mr Fennell had transferred 12,768
Ordinary Shares as part of a divorce settlement on 12 November 2012.
4. It received notification today, that Mr Walsh, a Director sold 50,000
Ordinary Shares on 12 November 2012, at a price per share of £18.01.
As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in the Company's Ordinary Shares and American Depository Shares ("ADS")* (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:
Name of Director No. of Ordinary Shares D Mahlan 122,518 (of which 121,943 are held as ADS) I Menezes 515,256 (of which 422,258 are held as ADS) P Walsh 764,582 Name of PDMR No. of Ordinary Shares N Blazquez 73,527 A Fennell 28,059 G Ghostine 105,386 (of which 33,177 are held as ADS) D Gosnell 109,623 J Grover 185,269 A Morgan 199,286 G Williams 220,391 (of which 6,493 are held as ADS) I Wright 51,555 No. of ADSs J Millian 20,449 T Proctor 42,595 L Schwartz 20,172 J NichollsDeputy Secretary13 November 2012
*1 ADS is equal to 4 Ordinary Shares
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