20th Feb 2012 14:28
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 on 17 February 2012:
1. that on 15 February 2012, Ivan Menezes, a Person Discharging Managerial
Responsibilities ("PDMR"), exercised an option over the following American
Depositary Shares ("ADS")* under the Company's Senior Executive Share
Option Plan: Grant Date Grant Price Number of ADS 19 September 2006 $70.38 46,621 27 October 2008 $56.84 37,308
Mr Menezes subsequently sold 81,929 ADSs on 15 February 2012 at a price per ADS of $93.92. Mr Menezes retains the balance of 2,000 ADS.
2. that in connection with the Company's US Employee Stock Purchase Plan (also
known as the US Sharevalue Plan) (the "USESPP"), the following PDMRs, as
participants in the USESPP, purchased ADSs on 2 February 2012 at a price of
$58.78 per ADS, as follows:
Name of PDMR Number of ADSs I Menezes 340.255 R Millian 340.255 T Proctor 340.255 L Schwartz 340.255
As a result of these transactions, the interests of the PDMRs in the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each and 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 PDMR No. of Ordinary Shares No. of ADS I Menezes 439,030 (of which 346,033 held as ADS) R Millian 11,103 T Proctor 29,658 L Schwartz 9,374 J Nicholls
Deputy Company Secretary
20 February 2012
*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares
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