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Regulatory Information Service |
RE: |
PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 AND 6.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULES |
1. The notifications listed below were all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:
a. It received notification on 1 December 2015 that the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") were granted options to subscribe for American Depository Shares ("ADS")* under the US Employee Stock Purchase Plan (also known as the US Sharevalue Plan) (the "USESPP") as follows:
Name of PDMR |
Grant Date |
Estimated No of ADS granted |
Grant price per ADS |
Exercisable |
B Franz |
1 October 2015 |
224 |
$89.19 |
31 December 2016 |
A Gavazzi |
1 October 2015 |
201 |
$89.19 |
31 December 2016 |
S Saller |
1 October 2015 |
224 |
$89.19 |
31 December 2016 |
b. It received notification on 1 December 2015 that the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 1 December 2015 upon the exercise of options as detailed below:
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Name of PDMR |
Grant Date |
Option Price |
No. of Ordinary Shares |
Shareplan |
N Blazquez |
11 November 2010 |
£9.41 |
323 |
Diageo 2010 Sharesave Plan |
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The Ordinary Shares referred to in item 1.b. above were purchased on the London Stock Exchange.
As a result of the above transactions, interests of PDMRs in the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") 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 |
Number of ADS |
B Franz |
18,897 |
S Saller |
19,120 |
Name of PDMR Number of Ordinary Shares
N Blazquez 98,302
A Gavazzi 72,923 (39,382 are held as ADS)
2. For the purposes of Paragraph 6.4.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules
the Home State of Diageo plc is the United Kingdom.
A Syed
Company Secretarial Assistant
1 December 2015
*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.
