Great Portland Estates PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (7795V)

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RNS Number : 7795V

Great Portland Estates PLC

07 November 2017

Company Announcements Office

London Stock Exchange

London EC2N 1HP

7 November 2017

Our ref: DM/gal

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification of monthly investment in the Great Portland Estates plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan ('SIP')

Barclays Bank Trust Company Limited (the 'Trustees'), Trustees of the Great Portland Estates plc's SIP, notified the Company on 6 November 2017 that they purchased a total of 4,938 ordinary 13(3) /(19) p shares at a price of 612.48 pence per share on 31 October 2017 under the 'Partnership' and 'Matching' element of the Company's SIP.

Under the terms of the SIP each eligible participating employee can contribute from monthly salary to purchase 'Partnership Shares', and the Company matches this by awarding two 'Matching Shares' for every one 'Partnership Share' purchased by participating employees.

As participants in the SIP, the Executive Directors are deemed to have an interest in the shares held by the Trustees. In accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation, the Company gives notice that of the above shares acquired by the Trustees, the shares purchased on behalf of the Company's Executive Directors/PDMRs were as follows:

 
                   Number of          Number of       Total number 
                   Partnership         Matching         of shares 
                 shares acquired    shares acquired    within SIP 
                    under the          under the 
                   SIP for the        SIP for the 
                      month              month 
 T Courtauld           24                 48             6,084 
 N Sanderson           24                 48             4,853 
 

Full details of the PDMRs' transactions are as follows:

 
 1.    Details of PDMR/person closely associated 
        with them ("PCA") 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                              Toby Courtauld 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 2.    Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                   Chief Executive 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 b)    Initial notification/amendment    Initial notification 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, action platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                              Great Portland Estates 
                                          plc 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 b)    Legal Entity Identifier           213800JMEDD2Q4N1MC42 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 4.    Details of the transaction(s): section 
        to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
        (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
        date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
        have been conducted 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Description of                    Ordinary shares of 13(3) 
        the financial instrument          /(19) p 
                                          ISIN: GB00BZ0XJR39 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 b)    Nature of the transaction         Acquisition of shares 
                                          through the Great Portland 
                                          Estates plc 2010 Share 
                                          Incentive Plan 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s)            Price           Volume(s) 
----  --------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Partnership shares                     612.475p        24 
 -------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Matching shares                        0.00p           48 
 -------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information            Aggregated volume: 72 
         *    Aggregated volume           Aggregated value:204.16p 
 
 
         *    Aggregated price 
 
 
         *    Aggregated total 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 e)    Date of transaction               31 October 2017 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 f)    Place of the transaction          London Stock Exchange 
                                          (XLON) 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 
 
 1.    Details of PDMR/person closely associated 
        with them ("PCA") 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                              Nick Sanderson 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 2.    Reason for the notification 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                   Finance Director 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 b)    Initial notification/amendment    Initial notification 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
        market participant, action platform, auctioneer 
        or auction monitor 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                              Great Portland Estates 
                                          plc 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 b)    Legal Entity Identifier           213800JMEDD2Q4N1MC42 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 4.    Details of the transaction(s): section 
        to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
        (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
        date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
        have been conducted 
----  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Description of                    Ordinary shares of 13(3) 
        the financial instrument          /(19) p 
                                          ISIN: GB00BZ0XJR39 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 b)    Nature of the transaction         Acquisition of shares 
                                          through the Great Portland 
                                          Estates plc 2010 Share 
                                          Incentive Plan 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s)            Price           Volume(s) 
----  --------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Partnership shares                     612.475p        24 
 -------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Matching shares                        0.00p           48 
 -------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information            Aggregated volume: 72 
         *    Aggregated volume           Aggregated value:204.16p 
 
 
         *    Aggregated price 
 
 
         *    Aggregated total 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 e)    Date of transaction               31 October 2017 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 f)    Place of the transaction          London Stock Exchange 
                                          (XLON) 
----  --------------------------------  ------------------------------ 
 

Contact:

Great Portland Estates plc

Desna Martin

Company Secretary

020 7647 3093

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