TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules
The notification 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 8
December 2014 that:
1. Larry Schwartz, a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"),
sold 5,181 American Depository Shares in the Company ("ADS")* on 5 December
2014 at a price per ADS of $123.57.
2. Nicholas Blazquez, a PDMR, received ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in
the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on 8 December 2014 upon the exercise of
options as detailed below:
Grant Date Option Price Number of Shareplan
Ordinary Shares
8 October 2009 £7.62 408 Diageo UK Sharesave Scheme 2000
As a result of these transactions, the interests of Messers Schwartz and
Blazquez 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 ADS
L Schwartz 26,124
Number of Ordinary Shares
N Blazquez 96,245
J Fahey
Senior Company Secretarial Assistant
8 December 2014
*1 ADS is equal to 4 Ordinary Shares in the Company