Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1874E

Great Portland Estates PLC

01 April 2011

Company Announcements Office

London Stock Exchange

London EC2N 1HP

1 April 2011

Our ref: DM/gsh

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 1 April 2011 that they purchased a total of 4,713 ordinary 12.5p shares at a price of 387.28p per share 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 Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R (1), the Company gives notice that of the above shares acquired by the Trustees, the shares purchased on behalf of the Company's Executive Directors 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	32	64	732
T Drakesmith	32	64	732
N Thompson	32	64	732