Questions and Answers

Sharestore

Q. What is the Sharestore?

The Sharestore has been specially created for our employees to provide an easy and convenient way to hold shares that arise from an employee plan.

If you leave Diageo, you can continue to hold your shares within the Sharestore as long as you have activated your mydiageoshares portal account.

Instead of holding share certificates, you hold all your Diageo employee shares electronically in one place - the Sharestore. If your shares are in the Sharestore, you do not need a share certificate to sell your shares.

Q. How does the Sharestore work?

There are no share certificates, because Diageo look after your shares for you.
Your statement is available to view or download at anytime on the mydiageoshares portal.
You can sell your shares online or via the mobile app or by telephone, through the Shareworks share dealing services, using their low cost dealing sale facilities.

Q. What are the benefits of the Sharestore?

It’s a simple way to hold your Diageo shares electronically. You can easily track and manage your account using the online service or through the mobile app.
You can see all of your Diageo employee shares (including those still held as part of an employee share plan) in the one place
There are no administration charges to pay and no share certificates to keep safe.
You can sell your shares online or over the telephone Monday to Friday between 8am & 4.30pm*, and benefit from competitive commission rates.
Proceeds from your sale take 5 days to reach you instead of up to 10 days.

* Some employees ("Restricted Persons") require clearance to deal in Diageo's shares. They may not deal during closed periods and must seek approval before dealing at any other time. Restricted Persons will be notified prior to each closed period.

The Diageo Sharestore is simple: Keep all your shares in one place and sell them through our exclusive dealing facilities when it suits you.

Dividends

Q. Can my dividends be reinvested and used to buy more Diageo shares?

Yes. Dividends can be reinvested under the Diageo Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP). Please see the Dividend Information page for more information.

Q. When are dividends usually paid?

Dividends on Diageo ordinary shares are normally paid around April and October each year. The exact details and dates of each dividend payment are announced in the Interim or Final results which are published in February and August each year. You can check Dates for Your Diary for these dates.

Q. Can I have my dividends paid direct to my bank or building society account?

Yes. Dividends can be paid direct to any UK bank or building society account. Please log into www.diageoregistrars.com or contact the registrar directly on 0371 277 1010.

Q. I forgot to cash my dividend cheque and now it is out of date, what should I do?

Please contact the registrar on 0371 277 1010.

Q. How can I get a duplicate dividend confirmation?

Details of all your past dividend payments can be found online at www.diageoregistrars.com. If you have any questions please contact the registrar on 0371 277 1010.

Buying, selling and transferring your shares

Q. How do I buy Diageo Ordinary shares?

We provide a low cost dealing service through LINK share dealing services. Please visit www.linksharedeal.com/Diageo for more information on this service. You can also buy ordinary shares through any broker of your choice.

Q. I want to gift some of my Sharestore shares, how do I do this?

You can gift some or all of your Diageo shares by completing a Sharestore Gift Transfer Form and returning this to our office. The form can be located here.

Q. Does Diageo offer a corporate ISA?

Yes. For more information please view your Benefits Hub.

Selling Sharestore shares & Share Certificate shares

Q. How do I sell my share certificates?

You can sell your certificated shares using our low cost dealing service with LINK share dealing services. You can find out more information by registering with our share portal at www.diageoregistrars.com

Alternatively, you may arrange the sale with a Stockbroker of your choice.

Q. What commission will I pay?

The commission you pay will depend on the type of sale you do.

Broker	Share Dealing Product - Sales	Method	Commission Rate	Minimum Fee
Solium	Share Incentive Plan 5 years plus	Online	0.25%	£12.50
Solium	Share Incentive Plan 5 years plus	Telephone	0.35%	£15.00
Solium	Sharestore	Online	0.25%	£12.50
Solium	Sharestore	Telephone	0.35%	£15.00
Link*	Certificated	Online	1.00%	£30.00
Link*	Certificated	Telephone	1.50%	£40.00

These rates only apply if you sell your shares through LINK Market Services. If you are using another stockbroker for the sale of Share Certificates, you should check how much they will charge for your sale.

Q. How do I sell my Sharestore shares?

You can sell your Sharestore shares through the mydiageoshares shares portal which is available by clicking the login button at the top of this page, or by transacting through the mobile app.

Shares can be transferred out of Sharestore by completing the Transfer out form and sending it to the Diageo Share Plans Team. This can be scanned and emailed to diageoshareplans@diageo.com

Q. What is a contract note?

This is the written confirmation a stockbroker will send to you when you sell your shares. It gives details of the sale, including:

The type of shares you sold
The price you sold your shares at
The commission rate and how much you paid
The settlement date (the date you will receive your proceeds)
The amount of money you will receive

Sharestore