TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules
The notifications listed below were received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:
1. It received notification on 2 March 2015 that Nicholas Blazquez, a person
discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised options on 2
March 2015 over the Company's ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each
("Ordinary Shares") as set out below:
Grant Date Option Number of Shareplan
Price Ordinary Shares
22 September 2011 £12.32 51,146 Diageo Senior Executive Share
Option Plan 2008
Mr Blazquez subsequently sold 50,146 Ordinary Shares on the London Stock
Exchange (the "LSE") on 2 March 2015, at a price per share of £19.15. Mr
Blazquez retains the balance of 1,000 Ordinary Shares.
2. It received notification on 3 March 2015 that Mr Blazquez also sold 17,000
Ordinary Shares on the LSE on 2 March 2015 at a price per share of £19.17.
3. It received notification on 3 March 2015 that Mrs Alison Blazquez, the
spouse of Mr Blazquez, sold 1,300 Ordinary Shares on the LSE on 2 March
2015 at a price per share of £19.21.
As a result of the above transactions, Mr Blazquez's interests in the Company's
Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and
interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts)
are 78,975.
J Fahey
Senior Company Secretarial Assistant
3 March 2015
