Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4984R

Great Portland Estates PLC

19 November 2012

Great Portland Estates plc

("Great Portland Estates" or the "Company")

19 November 2012

Notification of Transaction of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility or Connected Persons pursuant to DTR 3.1.4R(1)

The Company announced on 14 November 2012 that it raised gross proceeds of approximately £140.6m. through a placing of a total of 31,250,000 new ordinary shares of 12.5p each in the Company (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 450p per Placing Share.

The Company was informed on 19 November 2012 that the Executive Directors of the Company subscribed for the below numbers of Placing Shares at a price of 450p each.

Director	Title	Number of shares previously held	Placing Shares acquired	Ordinary shares held as at 19 November 2012	Interest after subscription % of total issued share capital
Toby Courtauld	Chief Executive	825,953	22,222	848,175	0.25%
Nick Sanderson	Finance Director	52,117	22,222	74,339	0.02%
Neil Thompson	Portfolio Director	389,910	22,222	412,132	0.12%