UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of December 2012

 

Commission File Number: 001-10691

 

DIAGEO plc

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Lakeside Drive, Park Royal, London NW10 7HQ

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x                             Form 40-F ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ¨

 

 
 

 

List identifying information required to be furnished

by Diageo plc pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

The Securities Exchange Act 1934

1 – 31 December 2012

 

Information   Required by/when
     
Public Announcements/Press   The Stock Exchange, London

 

Announcement

Mr Grover, a person discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR), informs the Company of his beneficial interests.

(03 December 2012)

 

Announcement

Mr Kennedy, a PDMR, informs the Company of his beneficial interests.

(12 December 2012)

Announcement

Company notified of transactions in respect of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan and Mr Walsh, Ms Mahlan and PDMRs inform the Company of their interests therein.

Dr Humer and Mr Blazquez inform the Company of their beneficial interests.

(10 December 2012)

 

Announcement

Company announces that United Spirits Limited shareholders approve special resolution to allot shares to Diageo.

(14 December 2012)

Announcement

Company announces end to discussions on the future of Cuervo.

(11 December 2012)

 

Announcement

Mr Schwartz, a PDMR, informs the Company of his beneficial interests.

(21 December 2012)

Announcement

Company notified of transactions in respect of the Company’s US Executive Share Purchase Plan and Mr Menezes and PDMRs inform the Company of their interests therein.

(11 December 2012)

   

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Director/PDMR Shareholding
Released 14:10 03-Dec-2012
Number 21408-50BB

 

TO:Regulatory Information Service

 

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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 it received notification on 3 December 2012 that Jim Grover, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised options on 30 November 2012 over ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan as set out below:

 

No. of shares   Date of grant  Price per share 
         
 87,903   19 September 2006  £9.30 
           
 81,351   18 September 2007   10.51 

 

Mr Grover subsequently sold 167,561 Ordinary Shares on 30 November 2012 at a price per share of £18.59 and retains the balance of 1,693 Ordinary Shares. As a result of the above transactions, Mr Grover'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) have increased to 186,962.

 

J Nicholls

 

Deputy Company Secretary

 

3 December 2012

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Director/PDMR Shareholding
Released 14:39 10-Dec-2012
Number 21421-B682

 

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RE:PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULES

 

The notifications listed below were all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that:

 

1. It received notification on 10 December 2012 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 directors of the Company were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 December 2012 under the Plan, by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the "Trustee"):

 

Name of Director  Number of Ordinary Shares
    
D Mahlan  9
    
PS Walsh  11

 

(ii) the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") were allocated Ordinary Shares on 10 December 2012 under the Plan, by the Trustee:

 

Name of PDMR  Number of Ordinary Shares
    
N Blazquez  9
    
D Gosnell  11
    
J Grover  11
    
A Morgan  11
    
G Williams  11
    
I Wright  11

 

The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased on behalf of the employee using an amount which the employee has chosen to have deducted from salary ("Sharepurchase") and those awarded to the employee by the Company ("Sharematch") on the basis of one Sharematch Ordinary Share for every two Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares.

 

The Sharepurchase Ordinary Shares were purchased and the Sharematch Ordinary Shares were awarded at a price per share of £18.65.

 

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. Sharematch Ordinary Shares cannot normally be disposed of for a period of three years after the award date.

 

2. It received notification on 10 December 2012 that Dr FB Humer, a director of the Company, had purchased 441 Ordinary Shares on 10 December 2012 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 £18.65.

 

3. It received notification on 10 December 2012 that the following PDMR had today received Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of options under the Diageo UK Sharesave Scheme 2007, as follows:

 

Name of PDMR  Grant Date  Option Price   No. of Ordinary
Shares
 
            
NB Blazquez  11 October 2007  £8.41    399 

 

As a result of the above transactions, interests of directors and PDMRs in the Company's Ordinary Shares and American Depository Shares ("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 Director   Number of Ordinary Shares
     
Dr FB Humer   43,946
     
D Mahlan   132,167 (of which 131,583 are held as ADS)
     
PS Walsh   729,593

 

Name of PDMR   Number of Ordinary Shares
     
N Blazquez   73,395
     
D Gosnell   109,634
     
J Grover   186,973
     
A Morgan   192,937
     
G Williams   176,402 (of which 6,493 are held as ADS)
     
I Wright   58,257

 

P Tunnacliffe

 

Company Secretary

 

10 December 2012

 

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline End to discussions on the future of Cuervo
Released 07:00 11-Dec-2012
Number 1983T07

 

RNS Number : 1983T

Diageo PLC

11 December 2012

 

11 December 2012

 

Diageo announces end to discussions on the future of Cuervo

 

Diageo has today announced that discussions between Diageo and JB y Compania S.A. de C.V. and Lanceros S.A. de C.V., relating to the future of the Cuervo brand have ended. Both parties will now work to ensure the orderly termination of the current distribution agreement, including transitional arrangements, at the end of June 2013.

  

Paul S Walsh, Chief Executive, Diageo said:

'Diageo has had a long and successful relationship with the Cuervo brand and we are proud of what we have achieved for the brand as its distributor over many years. We believe that the future of the brand would be best delivered by aligning ownership of the brand with its route to market and I have no doubt that Diageo has the best route to market for this brand. However it has not been possible to agree a transaction which delivers value for Diageo's shareholders and therefore, by mutual agreement, we have terminated our discussions.'

 

ENDS

For further information:

 

Media relations  
Rowan Pearman +44 (0)20 8978 4751
Kirsty King +44 (0)20 8978 6855
press.office@diageo.com  
   
Investor relations  
Catherine James +44 (0)20 8978 2272
Agnes Bota +36 1 580 1022
Sarah Paul +44 (0)20 8978 4326
investor.relations@diageo.com  

 

About Diageo 

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wine categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JεB, Buchanan's, Windsor and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Jose Cuervo, Tanqueray and Guinness.

 

Diageo is a global company, with its products sold in more than 180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE). For more information about Diageo, its people and its brands, visit www.diageo.com. For Diageo's global resource that promotes responsible drinking through the sharing of best practice tools, information and initiatives, visit www.DRINKiQ.com.

 

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END

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Director/PDMR Shareholding
Released 15:52 11-Dec-2012
Number 21551-1A43

 

TO:Regulatory Information Service

 

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RE:PARAGRAPH 3.1.4 OF THE DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULES

 

The notifications listed below were all received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 11 December 2012 that the following Director & Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") were granted an estimated number of options to subscribe for American Depository Shares ("ADS")* under the USESPP as follows:

 

      Estimated No   Grant     
Name of     of ADS   price per     
Director  Grant Date  granted   ADS     Exercisable 
                
I Menezes  1 October 2012   208   $95.81    31 December 2013 

 

      Estimated No   Grant     
Name of     of ADS   price per     
PDMR  Grant Date  granted   ADS     Exercisable 
                
R Millian  1 October 2012   208   $95.81    31 December 2013 
                   
T Proctor  1 October 2012   208   $95.81    31 December 2013 
                   
L Schwartz  1 October 2012   208   $95.81    31 December 2013 

 

As a result of the above transactions, interests of the director and 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) remain as follows:

 

Name of Director   Number of Ordinary Shares
     
I Menezes   519,256 (of which 426,258 are held as ADS)

 

Name of PDMR   Number of ADS
     
R Millian   20,807
     
T Proctor   38,595
     
L Schwartz   20,172

 

P D Tunnacliffe

 

Company Secretary

 

11 December 2012

 

*1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares.

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Director/PDMR Shareholding
Released 13:54 12-Dec-2012
Number 21354-0864

 

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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 it received notification on 11 December 2012 that John Kennedy, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") sold American Depository Shares in the Company ("ADS")* as set out below:

 

Number of ADSs   Date sold  Price per ADS 
         
 1,587   27 November 2012  $119.57 
           
 776   28 November 2012  $119.77 

 

As a result of the above transactions, Mr Kennedy's interests in the Company's Ordinary Shares and ADSs (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiaries of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) are now 23,172 (of which 18,576 are held as ADSs).

 

P Tunnacliffe

 

Company Secretary

 

12 December 2012

 

*1 ADS is equal to 4 Ordinary Shares

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline USL shareholders approve special resolution
Released 13:54 14-Dec-2012
Number 5925T13

 

RNS Number : 5925T

Diageo PLC

14 December 2012

 

14 December 2012

 

USL shareholders approve special resolution to allot shares to Diageo

 

Diageo has today announced that it has been notified that the shareholders of United Spirits Limited have approved the preferential allotment to Diageo, at a price of INR 1440 per share, of new shares amounting to 10% of the post-issue enlarged share capital of USL.

 

This preferential allotment of 14.53 million new shares remains conditional upon the satisfaction of (or in certain cases the waiver of) a number of conditions described in the announcement of 9 November 2012, including competition approval or clearance in India and elsewhere.

 

-ENDS-

 

For further information:

 

Media relations  
Rowan Pearman +44 (0)20 8978 4751
Kirsty King +44 (0)20 8978 6855
press.office@diageo.com  
   
Investor relations  
Agnes Bota +36 1 580 1022
Angela Ryker Gallagher +44 (0)20 8978 4911
investor.relations@diageo.com  

 

About Diageo 

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wine categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JεB, Buchanan's, Windsor and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Jose Cuervo, Tanqueray and Guinness.

 

Diageo is a global company, with its products sold in more than 180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE). For more information about Diageo, its people and its brands, visit www.diageo.com. For Diageo's global resource that promotes responsible drinking through the sharing of best practice tools, information and initiatives, visit www.DRINKiQ.com.

 

Celebrating life, every day, everywhere.

 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

 

END

 

 
 

 

Company Diageo PLC
TIDM DGE
Headline Director/PDMR Shareholding
Released 12:17 21-Dec-2012
Number 21216-263F

 

TO:Regulatory Information Service

 

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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 it received notification on 21 December 2012 that Larry Schwartz, a person discharging managerial responsibility, exercised options on 20 December 2012 over American Depository Shares in the Company ("ADS")* granted under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan as set out below:

 

No. of ADSs     Date of grant   Price per ADS 
          
 2,963    20 September 2005   $59.40 
             
 22,770    17 September 2009   $63.13 

 

Mr Schwartz subsequently sold 25,733 ADSs on 20 December 2012 at a price per ADS of $120.07. As a result of the above transactions, Mr Schwartz's interests in the Company's ADSs (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as a potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) remain unchanged at 20,172.

 

P Tunnacliffe

Company Secretary

 

21 December 2012

 

*1 ADS is equal to 4 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.

 

  Diageo plc
   
  (Registrant)
   
Date: 7 January 2013   By: /s/ C Kynaston
    Name:   C Kynaston
    Title: Assistant Company Secretary