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Great Portland EstatesAnnouncement

03/05/2017 17:35

RNS Number : 1127E
Great Portland Estates PLC
03 May 2017
Company Announcements Office
London Stock Exchange
London EC2N 1HP
3 May 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 2 May 2017 that they purchased a total of 4,197 ordinary 12.5p shares at a price of 699.5 pence per share on 28 April 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 Partnership shares acquired under the SIP for the month
Number of Matching shares acquired under the SIP for the month
Total number of shares within SIP
T Courtauld
21
42
5,934
N Sanderson
21
42
4,638
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 
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 12.5p
ISIN:GB00B01FLL16
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
699.50p
21

Matching shares
0.00p
42
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume 
- Aggregated price 
- Aggregated total
Aggregated volume: 63
Aggregated value:233.17p
e)
Date of transaction 
28 April 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 the financial instrument 
Ordinary shares of 12.5p
ISIN:GB00B01FLL16
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
699.50p
21

Matching shares
0.00p
42
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume 
- Aggregated price 
- Aggregated total
Aggregated volume: 63
Aggregated value:233.17p
e)
Date of transaction 
28 April 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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