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RNS Number : 4545T  Great Portland Estates PLC  21 June 2024

21 June 2024

 

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company")

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

The Company announces that, on 20 June 2024, to reflect the impact of the
Company's 2024 rights issue, adjustments were made to the share awards and
options granted to Directors under the Company's discretionary share plans by
way of an increase in the number of Ordinary Shares of 15 (5)/(19) pence each
in the Company ("Shares") subject to the awards or options as set out below:

Adjustments to awards granted under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan
(LTIP), Restricted Share Plan (RSP) and Deferred Share Bonus Plan (DSBP)
Awards

 Director        Position/Status                          Award/Option                               Price(s)  Number of additional Shares
 Toby Courtauld  Chief Executive                          2019 LTIP (vested but unexercised option)  £Nil      3,850
                                                          2022 LTIP Award                            £Nil      61,900
                                                          2023 RSP Award                             £Nil      49,666
                                                          2022 DSBP Award                            £Nil      6,728
                                                          2023 DSBP Award                            £Nil      10,609
 Nick Sanderson  Chief Financial & Operating Officer      2019 LTIP (vested but unexercised option)  £Nil      2,649
                                                          2022 LTIP Award                            £Nil      42,587
                                                          2023 RSP Award                             £Nil      34,171
                                                          2022 DSBP Award                            £Nil      4,629
                                                          2023 DSBP Award                            £Nil      7,383
 Dan Nicholson   Executive Director                       2022 LTIP Award                            £Nil      34,692
                                                          2023 RSP Award                             £Nil      27,836
                                                          2022 DSBP Award                            £Nil      1,726
                                                          2023 DSBP Award                            £Nil      5,809

 

The Company further announces that, on 21 June 2024, to reflect the impact of
the Company's 2024 rights issue, the following Directors received additional
Shares by way of an adjustment to their 2021 DSBP Awards that they exercised
at the time of the rights issue (and which they were unable to exercise before
the record date for participation in the 2024 rights issue), as set out below.
  The Directors also sold the following number of Shares to meet income tax
and National Insurance contributions liabilities arising on the receipt of the
additional Shares at a price of 335.2515p per share:

 

 Director        Position/Status                          Number of additional Shares  Number of Shares sold for tax/NIC purposes
 Toby Courtauld  Chief Executive                          2,557                        1,210
 Nick Sanderson  Chief Financial & Operating Officer      1,870                        887

 

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).

 

DSBP

 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                Award of further shares in respect of an option granted and exercised pursuant
                                              to The Great Portland Estates Deferred Share Bonus Plan to reflect the impact
                                              of the 2024 rights issue

 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                   Price                                     Volume(s)
     Ordinary shares                          Nil consideration                         2,557
 d)  Aggregated information                   Aggregated volume: 2,557

     Aggregated volume                        Aggregated price: Nil

     Aggregated price                         Aggregated total: 2,557 ordinary shares

     Aggregated total
 e)  Date of transaction                      21 June 2024
 f)  Place of the transaction                 Outside of trading venue

 

 

 1.  Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ("PCA")
 a)  Name                                     Nick Sanderson
 2.  Reason for the notification
 a)  Position/status                          Chief Financial & Operating 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                Award of further shares in respect of an option granted and exercised pursuant
                                              to The Great Portland Estates Deferred Share Bonus Plan to reflect the impact
                                              of the 2024 rights issue

 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                   Price                                     Volume(s)
     Ordinary shares                          Nil consideration                         1,870
 d)  Aggregated information                   Aggregated volume: 1,870

     Aggregated volume                        Aggregated price: Nil

     Aggregated price                         Aggregated total: 1,870 ordinary shares

     Aggregated total
 e)  Date of transaction                      21 June 2024
 f)  Place of the transaction                 Outside of trading venue

 

 

 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                Sale of shares to cover income tax and National Insurance contributions
                                              liabilities arising on the receipt of further shares in respect of an option
                                              granted and exercised pursuant to The Great Portland Estates Deferred Share
                                              Bonus Plan

 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                   Price                                    Volume(s)
     Ordinary shares                          335.2515p                                1,210
 d)  Aggregated information                   Aggregated volume: 1,210

     Aggregated volume                        Aggregated price: £4,056.54

     Aggregated price                         Aggregated total: 1,210 ordinary shares

     Aggregated total
 e)  Date of transaction                      21 June 2024
 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                          Chief Financial & Operating 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                Sale of shares to cover income tax and National Insurance contributions
                                              liabilities arising on the receipt of further shares in respect of an option
                                              granted and exercised pursuant to The Great Portland Estates Deferred Share
                                              Bonus Plan

 c)  Price(s) and volume(s)                   Price                                    Volume(s)
     Ordinary shares                          335.2515p                                887
 d)  Aggregated information                   Aggregated volume: 887

     Aggregated volume                        Aggregated price: £2,973.68

     Aggregated price                         Aggregated total: 887 ordinary shares

     Aggregated total
 e)  Date of transaction                      21 June 2024
 f)  Place of the transaction                 London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

 Contact:

 Great Portland Estates plc

Darren Lennark

General Counsel & Company Secretary

020 7647 3000

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