DIAGEO PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

PR Newswire

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.