Great Portland Estates PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (2966T)

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RNS Number : 2966T

Great Portland Estates PLC

02 July 2018

Company Announcements Office

London Stock Exchange

London EC2N 1HP

2 July 2018

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 2 July 2018 that they purchased a total of 4,128 ordinary 15(5) /(19) p shares at a price of 713.65 pence per share on 29 June 2018 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 Partnership   Number of Matching     Total number 
                   shares acquired        shares acquired     of shares within 
                    under the SIP          under the SIP            SIP 
                    for the month          for the month 
 T Courtauld             21                     42                 5,743 
 N Sanderson             21                     42                 4,682 
 

Full details of the PDMRs' transactions are as follows:

 
 1.    Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them 
        ("PCA") 
 a)    Name                                       Toby Courtauld 
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 2.    Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                            Chief Executive 
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 b)    Initial notification/amendment             Initial notification 
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 3.    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        action platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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 a)    Name                                       Great Portland Estates plc 
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 b)    Legal Entity Identifier                    213800JMEDD2Q4N1MC42 
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 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 
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 a)    Description of the financial               Ordinary shares of 15(5) /(19) 
        instrument                                 p 
                                                   ISIN: GB00BF5H9P87 
      -----------------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 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                              713.65p          21 
 ----------------------------------------------  ---------------  ----------------- 
  Matching shares                                 0.00p            42 
 ----------------------------------------------  ---------------  ----------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information                     Aggregated volume: 63 
         *    Aggregated volume                    Aggregated value: 237.88p 
 
 
         *    Aggregated price 
 
 
         *    Aggregated total 
      -----------------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of transaction                        29 June 2018 
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 f)    Place of the transaction                   London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
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 1.    Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them 
        ("PCA") 
 a)    Name                                       Nick Sanderson 
      -----------------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 2.    Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                            Finance Director 
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 b)    Initial notification/amendment             Initial notification 
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 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 the financial               Ordinary shares of 15(5) /(19) 
        instrument                                 p 
                                                   ISIN: GB00BF5H9P87 
      -----------------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 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                              713.65p          21 
 ----------------------------------------------  ---------------  ----------------- 
  Matching shares                                 0.00p            42 
 ----------------------------------------------  ---------------  ----------------- 
 d)    Aggregated information                     Aggregated volume: 63 
         *    Aggregated volume                    Aggregated value: 237.88p 
 
 
         *    Aggregated price 
 
 
         *    Aggregated total 
      -----------------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of transaction                        29 June 2018 
      -----------------------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 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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