22nd Feb 2006 14:52
TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE RULES The notifications listed below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of theDisclosure Rules.1. Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that on 21 February 2006 it receivednotification that Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") hadAmerican Depositary Shares ("ADS") released to them as follows.On 17 February 2006, Bailhache Labesse Trustees Limited, as trustee of theDiageo Employee Benefit Trust ("the Trustee"), released ADSs to PDMRs, at alevel of 61.1%, as below. The ADSs were released under the Company's Long TermIncentive Plan, now called the Total Shareholder Return Plan (the "Plan") thatwas approved by shareholders on 11 August 1998. The Diageo Employee BenefitTrust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees of the Company andits subsidiaries and operates primarily in conjunction with the Plan.Name of PDMR No. of ADSs R Malcolm 8,578 I Menezes 10,976 T Proctor 10,943 The awards were made on 21 February 2003. The balance of each award has lapsed.2. Following the above release of awards, the interests of PDMRs in theCompany's Ordinary Shares and ADSs (excluding options, awards under theCompany's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company'sEmployee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares I Menezes 240,742* Name of PDMR Number of ADSs R Malcolm 26,728 T Proctor 51,605 (* of which 36,936 are held in the form of ADS. 1 ADS is the equivalent of 4Ordinary Shares.)22 February 2006ENDDIAGEO PLCRelated Shares:
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