Diageo PLC — Director's Dealing 2014

Jan 10, 2014

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DIAGEO PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

PR Newswire

London, January 10

TO: Regulatory Information Service PR NewswireRE: PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULESThe notifications listed below were all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of theDisclosure and Transparency Rules.Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that: 1. It received notification on 10 January 2014 of the following allocations of ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") under the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), namely:(i) the following director of the Company was allocated Ordinary Shares on 10January 2014 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the"Trustee"):Name of Director Number of Ordinary SharesD Mahlan 9(ii) the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 January 2014 under the Plan, by theTrustee:Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary SharesN Blazquez 9D Gosnell 9A Morgan 9S Moriarty 9L Wood 10The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased on behalf ofthe employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deductedfrom salary ("Sharepurchase") and those awarded to the employee by the Company("Sharematch") on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every twoSharepurchase Ordinary Shares.The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch OrdinaryShares were awarded at a price per share of £19.47.The Ordinary Shares are held by the Trustee and in the name of the Trustee.Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares can normally be sold at any time. SharematchOrdinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three yearsafter the award date. 2. It received notification on 10 January 2014 that Dr FB Humer, a director of the Company, had purchased 425 Ordinary Shares on 10 January 2014 under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £ 8,000 each month, net of tax, from his director's fees to purchase Ordinary Shares. Dr Humer has agreed to retain the Ordinary Shares while he remains a director of the Company.The Ordinary Shares were purchased at a price per share of £19.47. 3. It received notification on 10 January 2014 that the following Director & PDMRs were granted an estimated number of options to subscribe for American Depository Shares ("ADS")* under the US Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("USESPP") as follows: 4.Name of Director Estimated GrantGrant Date No of ADS price per Exercisable granted ADSI Menezes 1 October 185 $108.32 31 December 2013 2014Name of Grant Date Estimated Grant price Exercisable No of ADS per ADSPDMR grantedA Gavazzi 1 October 185 $108.32 31 December 2013 2014S Saller 1 October 185 $108.32 31 December 2013 2014L Schwartz 1 October 185 $108.32 31 December 2013 2014As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in theCompany's Ordinary Shares and ADS (excluding options, awards under theCompany's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company'sEmployee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:Name of Director Number of Ordinary SharesDr FB Humer 50,467D Mahlan 227,867 (of which 136,659 are held as ADS)Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary SharesN Blazquez 71,814D Gosnell 154,026A Morgan 162,389S Moriarty 35,698L Wood 2,327The interests of the Director and PDMR's that have been granted options tosubscribe for ADS's under the USESPP, remain unchanged.J NichollsDeputy Company Secretary10 January 2014*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.