FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Diageo plc
(Translation of registrants name into English)
8 Henrietta Place, London W1G 0NB
(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
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SIGNATURES | ||||||||
List identifying information required to be furnished by Diageo plc |
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: 13 May, 2004
By _________________________________ Name: J Nicholls Title: Deputy Secretary |
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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 April- 30 April 2004
Information
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Required by/when | |
Public Announcements/Press
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The Stock Exchange, London | |
Announcement
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Announcement | |
Company purchases its own securities
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Company purchases its own securities | |
(1 April 2004)
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(28 April 2004) | |
Announcement
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Announcement | |
Transfer of Shares by Diageo Share
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Transfer of Shares by Diageo Share | |
Ownership Trustee Limited
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Ownership Trustee Limited. | |
(2 April 2004)
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(30 April 2004) | |
Announcement |
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Transfer of Shares by Diageo Share |
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Ownership Trustee Limited |
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(8 April 2004) |
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Announcement |
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Messrs Walsh and Rose and Lord Blyth |
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inform company of their beneficial |
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interests |
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(13 April 2004) |
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Announcement |
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Company purchases its own securities |
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(13 April 2004) |
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Announcement |
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Company purchases its own securities |
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(15 April 2004) |
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Announcement |
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Transfer of Shares by Diageo Share Ownership Trustee Limited. |
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(16 April 2004) |
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Announcement |
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Transfer of Shares by Diageo Share |
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Ownership Trustee Limited and The |
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Capital Group Companies Inc |
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notification of interest in shares |
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of the Company |
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(23 April 2004) |
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Announcement |
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Company purchases its own securities |
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(23 April 2004) |
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Announcement |
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Mr Walsh informs company of his |
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beneficial interests |
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(26 April 2004) |
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Announcement |
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Company purchases its own securities |
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(27 April 2004) |
Company |
Diageo PLC |
TIDM |
DGE |
Headline |
Purchase of Own Securities |
Released |
16:48 1 Apr 2004 |
Number |
2525X |
DIAGEO PLC
Purchase of Own Shares
Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 250,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 707.8247p per
share.
END
Company |
Diageo PLC |
TIDM |
DGE |
Headline |
Director Shareholding |
Released |
14:37 2 Apr 2004 |
Number |
PRNUK-0204 |
TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF
THE LISTING RULES
Diageo plc (the Company) announces that it received notification on 2 April 2004 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the Trustee), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the Plan) that the Trustee sold 496 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company (Ordinary Shares) in respect of participants leaving the Plan and transferred 2,856 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 30 March 2004 and 1 April 2004 at prices per Ordinary Share of £7.1705 and £7.1010 respectively by the Trustee.
The Plan is an Inland Revenue approved plan operated by Diageo Group companies for the benefit of employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Date of | Price Per | |||||||
Transaction | No of Ordinary Shares Sold | Share | ||||||
30.03.04 |
100 | £ | 7.1705 | |||||
01.04.04 |
396 | £ | 7.1010 |
Date of | ||||||||
Transaction | No of Ordinary Shares Transferred | |||||||
01.04.04 |
2,856 |
The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 3,218,042 ordinary shares.
2 April 2004
END
Company |
Diageo PLC |
TIDM |
DGE |
Headline |
Director Shareholding |
Released |
10:54 8 Apr 2004 |
Number |
PRNUK-0804 |
TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF
THE LISTING RULES
Diageo plc (the Company) announces that it received notification on 8 April 2004 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the Trustee), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the Plan) that the Trustee sold 102 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company (Ordinary Shares) in respect of participants leaving the Plan and transferred 209 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 5 April 2004 at prices per Ordinary Share of £7.2015 and £7.1357 by the Trustee. The Plan is an Inland Revenue approved plan operated by Diageo Group companies for the benefit of employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Date of | Price Per | |||||||
Transaction | No of Ordinary Shares Sold | Share | ||||||
05.04.04 |
35 | £ | 7.2015 | |||||
05.04.04 |
67 | £ | 7.1357 |
Date of | ||||||||
Transaction | No of Ordinary Shares Transferred | |||||||
08.04.04 |
209 |
The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 3,217,731 ordinary shares.
8 April 2004
END
Company |
Diageo PLC |
TIDM |
DGE |
Headline |
Director Shareholding |
Released |
14:34 13 Apr 2004 |
Number |
PRNUK-1304 |
TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF
THE LISTING RULES
Diageo plc (the Company) announces:
1) that it received notification on 13 April 2004 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the Trustee), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the Plan) that:
(i) the Trustee purchased 45,618 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company (Ordinary Shares) in respect of participants in the Plan on 13 April 2004 at a price of £7.350 per share. The Ordinary Shares were purchased by Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited, which holds Ordinary Shares as trustee of the Plan;
(ii) that the following directors of the Company were allocated Ordinary Shares on 13 April 2004 under the Plan, from those purchased by the Trustee as disclosed in (i) above:
Name of Director | Number of Ordinary Shares | |||||||
N C Rose |
26 | |||||||
P S Walsh |
26 |
The number of Ordinary Shares allocated comprises those purchased by the Trustee 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 £7.350.
The Ordinary Shares are held by 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.
As a result of purchases, awards and transfers made by the Trustee on behalf of the Company on 13 April 2004 in respect of all participants in the Plan, the total holding of the Trustee now amounts to 3,263,349 Ordinary Shares.
2) that it received notification on 13 April 2004 from Lord Blyth that he has purchased 1,014 Ordinary Shares on 13 April 2004 under an arrangement with the Company, whereby he has agreed to use an amount of £7,500 per month, net of tax, from his fees to purchase Ordinary Shares. Lord Blyth 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 £7.350.
3) that the directors mentioned below are participants in the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment Plan and that Ordinary Shares were purchased on 6 April 2004 (with a settlement date of 13 April 2004) at a price of 721.3p in respect of the interim ordinary dividend paid on 6 April 2004:
Name of Director | Number of Ordinary Shares | |||||||
Lord Blyth |
555 | |||||||
N C Rose |
2,426 |
Name of Director | Number of Ordinary Shares | |||
R F Chase |
169 | |||
J K Oates |
42 |
As a result of the above transactions, the respective directors interests in the Companys Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Companys LTIPs and also interests as potential beneficiaries of the Grand Metropolitan No 2 Employee Share Trust and the Diageo Employee Benefit Trust) are as follows:
Name of Director | Number of Ordinary Shares | |||
Lord Blyth |
40,665 | |||
N C Rose |
172,249 | |||
P S Walsh |
666,896 | |||
R F Chase |
11,779 | |||
J K Oates |
3,313 | |||
13 April 2004 |
END
Company TIDM Headline Released Number |
Diageo PLC DGE Purchase of Own Securities 16:39 13 Apr 2004 5766X |
DIAGEO PLC
Purchase of Own Shares
Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 250,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 736.6388p per
share.
END
Company TIDM Headline Released Number |
Diageo PLC DGE Purchase of Own Securities 17:00 15 Apr 2004 6699X |
DIAGEO PLC
Purchase of Own Shares
Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 250,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 737.2902p per
share.
END
Company TIDM Headline |
Diageo PLC DGE Director Shareholding |
Released Number |
11:51 16 Apr 2004 PRNUK-1604 |
TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF
THE LISTING RULES
Diageo plc (the Company) announces that it received notification on 16 April 2004 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the Trustee), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the Plan) that the Trustee sold 366 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company (Ordinary Shares) in respect of participants leaving the Plan and transferred 3,120 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 13 April 2004 at prices per Ordinary Share of £7.3755 and £7.376 by the Trustee. The Plan is an Inland Revenue approved plan operated by Diageo Group companies for the benefit of employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Date of | Price Per | ||||||||
Transaction | No of Ordinary Shares Sold | Share | |||||||
13.04.04 |
83 | £ | 7.3755 | ||||||
13.04.04 |
283 | £ | 7.376 |
Date of | |||||
Transaction | No of Ordinary Shares Transferred | ||||
13.04.04 |
3,120 |
The total holding of the Trust now amounts to 3,259,863 ordinary shares.
16 April 2004
END
Company TIDM Headline Released Number |
Diageo PLC DGE Director Shareholdings and Holdings in Company 15:49 23 Apr 2004 PRNUK-2304 |
TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: CHAPTER 9 PARAGRAPH 9 AND CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF
THE LISTING RULES
Diageo plc (the Company) announces:
1) that it received notification on 23 April 2004 for the purposes of Section
329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the Trustee), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the Plan) that the Trustee sold 1,247 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company (Ordinary Shares) in respect of participants leaving the Plan and transferred 16,698 Ordinary Shares to participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 14 April 200 and 22 April 2004 at prices per Ordinary Share of £ 7.3703 and £7.656 by the Trustee. The Plan is an Inland Revenue approved plan operated by Diageo Group companies for the benefit of employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Date of | Price Per | ||||||||
Transaction | No of Ordinary Shares Sold | Share | |||||||
14.04.04 |
51 | £ | 7.3703 | ||||||
22.04.04 |
1,196 | £ | 7.656 |
Date of | |||||
Transaction | No of Ordinary Shares Transferred | ||||
22.04.04 |
16,698 |
As a result of the above transactions, the total holding of the Trust now amounts to 3,241,918 ordinary shares.
2) that it received notification on 23 April 2004 for the purposes of Sections 198 to 208 of the Companies Act 1985, from The Capital Group Companies Inc. (Capital) that as at 21 April 2004 Capital had an interest in the Companys Ordinary Shares representing 3.01 per cent. of the issued share capital. These shares are under Capitals discretionary investment management and are not owned for their own account. The Holders, Registered Names and the number of Ordinary Shares held by each of them are as follows:
Holder |
Number of shares |
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Capital Guardian Trust Company |
36,972,071 | |||
Registered Name: |
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State Street Nominees Limited, London |
6,017,500 | |||
Bank of New York Nominees, London |
806,800 | |||
Chase Nominees Limited, London |
15,924,586 | |||
BT Globenet Nominees Limited, London |
386,100 | |||
Investors Bank & Trust Co. |
239,800 | |||
Midland Bank plc, London |
5,617,200 | |||
Cede & Co., New York |
14,400 | |||
Bankers Trust, London |
1,486,200 | |||
Barclays Bank, London |
274,600 | |||
Citibank London, London |
14,600 | |||
Nortrust Nominees, London |
4,754,845 |
Holder |
Number of shares |
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Royal Bank of Scotland, London |
50,100 | |||
MSS Nominees Limited, London |
23,700 | |||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
54,000 | |||
Citibank N.A., Toronto |
33,500 | |||
HSBC Bank plc, London |
14,600 | |||
Mellon Bank N.A., London |
81,900 | |||
ROY Nominees Limited, London |
23,800 | |||
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited, Glasgow |
1,132,240 | |||
HSBC, Kuala Lumpur |
21,600 | |||
Capital International Limited |
13,013,482 | |||
Registered Name: |
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State Street Nominees Limited, London |
316,753 | |||
Bank of New York Nominees, London |
4,881,137 | |||
Northern
Trust, c/o NorTrust Nominees Limited, London |
817,677 | |||
Chase Nominees Limited, London |
1,596,035 | |||
Midland Bank plc, London |
36,000 | |||
Bankers Trust, London |
130,688 | |||
Barclays Bank, London |
42,400 | |||
Morgan Guaranty, London |
229,500 | |||
Nortrust Nominees, London |
2,411,221 | |||
Royal Bank of Scotland |
56,800 | |||
State Street Bank & Trust Co. |
294,600 | |||
Deutsche Bank AG, London |
1,175,300 | |||
HSBC Bank plc, London |
752,220 | |||
Mellon Bank N.A., London |
116,251 | |||
Bank One, London |
108,800 | |||
Clydesdale Bank plc |
48,100 | |||
Capital International S.A. |
1,197,900 |
Holder |
Number of shares |
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Registered Name: |
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Chase Nominees Limited, London |
605,200 | |||
Midland Bank plc, Poutney Hill |
257,300 | |||
Barclays Bank, London |
230,600 | |||
Brown Bros., Pittsburgh |
22,800 | |||
Royal Bank of Scotland, London |
33,200 | |||
HSBC Bank plc, London |
48,800 | |||
Capital International, Inc. |
3,791,298 | |||
Registered Name: |
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State Street Nominees Limited, London |
1,337,200 | |||
Bank of New York Nominees, London |
270,900 | |||
Northern Trust, London |
23,500 | |||
Chase Nominees Limited, London |
1,250,600 | |||
Midland Bank plc, Poutney Hill |
80,200 | |||
Bankers Trust, London |
6,900 | |||
Citibank London, London |
13,800 | |||
Nortrust Nominees, London |
248,200 | |||
Royal Bank of Scotland, London |
62,800 | |||
State Street Bank and Trust Co. |
134,400 | |||
Citibank |
15,600 | |||
RBSTB Nominees Ltd., London |
13,300 | |||
Citibank NA, Toronto |
189,498 | |||
HSBC Bank plc, London |
53,700 | |||
JP Morgan Chase Bank |
90,700 | |||
Capital Research and Management Company |
37,112,962 | |||
Registered Name: |
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Chase Nominees Limited, London |
37,112,962 | |||
Total |
92,087,713 |
23 April 2004
END
Company TIDM Headline Released Number |
Diageo PLC DGE Purchase of Own Securities 17:18 23 Apr 2004 9695X |
DIAGEO PLC
Purchase of Own Shares
Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 250,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 771.62p per
share.
END
Company TIDM Headline Released Number |
Diageo PLC DGE Director Shareholding 15:38 26 Apr 2004 PRNUK-2604 |
TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF
THE LISTING RULES
Diageo plc (the Company) announces that Mr P S Walsh, a director, notified the Company on 26 April 2004 that:
a. on 26 April 2004, he exercised options over 100,000 Ordinary Shares of 28 101/108 pence each in the Company (Ordinary Shares) granted on 20 December 1999 at a price per share of £5.18 under the Senior Executive Share Option Scheme of the Company; and
b. on 26 April 2004, he sold 95,000 Ordinary Shares at a price per share of £ 7.77.
Mr Walsh will retain the balance of 5,000 Ordinary Shares, registered in his own name.
As a result of these transactions Mr Walshs interest in Ordinary Shares (excluding options, awards under the Companys LTIPs and also interests as a potential beneficiary of the Grand Metropolitan No. 2 Employee Share Trust and the Diageo Employee Benefit Trust) is 671,896.
26 April 2004
END
Company TIDM Headline Released |
Diageo PLC DGE Purchase of Own Securities 17:12 27 Apr 2004 |
Number 0661Y
DIAGEO PLC
Purchase of Own Shares
Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 250,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 770.22p per
share.
END
Company TIDM Headline Released Number |
Diageo PLC DGE Purchase of Own Securities 17:01 28 Apr 2004 1174Y |
DIAGEO PLC
Purchase of Own Shares
Diageo plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Cazenove & Co. Ltd 250,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 763.0171p per
share.
END
Company TIDM Headline Released Number |
Diageo PLC DGE Director Shareholding 14:18 30 Apr 2004 PRNUK-3004 |
TO: Regulatory Information Service
PR Newswire
RE: CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13 OF
THE LISTING RULES
Diageo plc (the Company) announces that it received notification on 30 April 2004 for the purposes of Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 from Diageo Share Ownership Trustees Limited (the Trustee), as trustee of the Diageo Share Incentive Plan (the Plan) that the Trustee sold 169 ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence in the Company (Ordinary Shares) in respect of participants leaving the Plan. The Ordinary Shares were sold on 27 April 2004 at a price per Ordinary Share of £7.675 by the Trustee. The Plan is an Inland Revenue approved plan operated by Diageo Group companies for the benefit of employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.
As a result of the above transactions, the total holding of the Trust now amounts to 3,241,749 ordinary shares.
30 April 2004
END