Great Portland Ests. - Director/PDMR Shareholding
3 July 2026
Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company")
Grant of Awards under the Great Portland Estates plc Restricted Share Plan (the "RSP")
The Company announces that, on 3 July 2026 (the "Grant Date"), the following Directors were each granted awards under the RSP over the number of ordinary shares of 15 5/19 pence each in the Company set out against their names below, the number of shares being calculated using a market price of 333.52 pence per share:
Director
Position/Status
Grant date
Number of shares subject to award
Vesting date
Date exercisable
Toby Courtauld
Chief Executive
03.07.2026
330,290
03.07.2029
03.07.2031
Jayne Cottam
Chief Financial Officer
03.07.2026
197,889
03.07.2029
03.07.2031
Dan Nicholson
Executive Director
03.07.2026
196,877
03.07.2029
03.07.2031
The awards were granted as nil cost options and are subject to continued service and underpin conditions relating to the period expiring on the third anniversary of the grant date. The vested shares will be subject to a two-year holding period following the end of the three-year underpin period.
The Notification of Dealing Forms for each Director can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with the UK Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)
Name
Toby Courtauld
2.
Reason for the notification
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 the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 15 5/19 p
ISIN: GB00BF5H9P87
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of award over ordinary shares in the form of a nil cost option under the rules of the Great Portland Estates Restricted Share Plan
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price
Volume(s)
Ordinary shares
Nil consideration
330,290
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Aggregated price
- Aggregated total
Aggregated volume: 330,290
Aggregated price: 0.0p
Aggregated total: 330,290 ordinary shares
e)
Date of transaction
3 July 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside of trading venue
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)
Name
Jayne Cottam
2.
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Chief Financial Officer
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 the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 15 5/19 p
ISIN: GB00BF5H9P87
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of award over ordinary shares in the form of a nil cost option under the rules of the Great Portland Estates Restricted Share Plan
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price
Volume(s)
Ordinary shares
Nil consideration
197,889
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Aggregated price
- Aggregated total
Aggregated volume: 197,889
Aggregated price: 0.0p
Aggregated total: 197,889 ordinary shares
e)
Date of transaction
3 July 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside of trading venue
1.
Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)
Name
Dan Nicholson
2.
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Executive 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 the financial instrument
Ordinary shares of 15 5/19 p
ISIN: GB00BF5H9P87
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of award over ordinary shares in the form of a nil cost option under the rules of the Great Portland Estates Restricted Share Plan
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price
Volume(s)
Ordinary shares
Nil consideration
196,877
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Aggregated price
- Aggregated total
Aggregated volume: 196,877
Aggregated price: 0.0p
Aggregated total: 196,877 ordinary shares
e)
Date of transaction
3 July 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside of trading venue
Contact:
Great Portland Estates plc
Darren Lennark
General Counsel & Company Secretary
020 7647 3000
LEI Number: 213800JMEDD2Q4N1MC42
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