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 February 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 10February 2014 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the"Trustee"):Name of Director              Number of Ordinary SharesD Mahlan                      11(ii) the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR")were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 February 2014 under the Plan, by theTrustee:Name of PDMR                 Number of Ordinary SharesN Blazquez                   11D Gosnell                    11A Morgan                     11S Moriarty                   11L Wood                       11The 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 £18.30.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 February 2014 that Dr FB Humer, a director    of the Company, had purchased 453 Ordinary Shares on 10 February 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 £18.30.As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in theCompany's Ordinary Shares and American Depository Shares ("ADS")* (excludingoptions, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potentialbeneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are as follows:Name of Director             Number of Ordinary SharesDr FB Humer                  50,920D Mahlan                     227,878 (of which 136,659 are held as                             ADS)Name of PDMR                 Number of Ordinary SharesN Blazquez                   71,825D Gosnell                    170,901A Morgan                     162,400S Moriarty                   35,709L Wood                       2,338J NichollsDeputy Company Secretary10 February 2014*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.