TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules
The notifications below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notifications today:
1. from David Gosnell, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
("PDMR"), that he had exercised options on 17 November 2009 over 5,000
Ordinary Shares granted on 10 October 2003 at a price per share of £6.49
under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP") and over
59,452 Ordinary Shares granted on 11 October 2004 at a price per share of £
7.07 under the SESOP.
Mr Gosnell subsequently sold 59,010 Ordinary Shares on 17 November 2009, at a
price per share of £10.35, and another 3,990 Ordinary Shares on 18 November
2009, at a price per share of £10.51. Mr Gosnell retains the balance of 1,452
Ordinary Shares.
2. from Nick Blazquez, a PDMR, that he had exercised options today over 37,443
Ordinary Shares granted on 20 September 2005 at a price per share of £8.15
under the SESOP.
Mr Blazquez subsequently sold 37,000 Ordinary Shares on 18 November 2009, at a
price per share of £10.36. Mr Blazquez retains the balance of 443 Ordinary
Shares.
As a result of the above transactions, interests of PDMRs in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (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 Number of Ordinary Shares
N Blazquez 44,156
D Gosnell 62,117
P D Tunnacliffe
Company Secretary
18 November 2009
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