Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1440Y

Great Portland Estates PLC

27 August 2009

 



Company Announcements Office 

London Stock Exchange London.

EC2N1HP

27 August 2009 

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Great Portland Estates plc - Employee Benefit Trust

Great Portland Estates plc ('the Company')

Purchase of shares by the Great Portland Estates plc LTIP Employee Share Trust (the 'Trust')

The Board of Great Portland Estates plc announces that the Trust purchased the following ordinary

shares of 12.5p each ('Ordinary Shares') in the Company:

Trade Date	Amount	Price per share	Percentage of share capital
26 August 2009	752,451	278.5451p	0.2%
27 August 2009	246,584	273.16641p	0.1%
	999,035

The Ordinary Shares held by the Trust are used to satisfy awards in the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan and Share Matching Plan.

The Executive Directors are potential beneficiaries of the Trust and are deemed to be interested in the shares held by the Trust.

Following this transaction the Trust retains an interest in 1,022,179 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.33% of the Company's total issued ordinary share capital.

Contact:

Timon Drakesmith 

Finance Director 

020 7647 3034

 

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