Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0339L
03 July 2026
 

3 July 2026

 

Great Portland Estates plc (the "Company")

 

Grant of Awards under the Great Portland Estates plc Restricted Share Plan (the "RSP")

 

The Company announces that, on 3 July 2026 (the "Grant Date"), the following Directors were each granted awards under the RSP over the number of ordinary shares of 15 5/19 pence each in the Company set out against their names below, the number of shares being calculated using a market price of 333.52 pence per share:   

 

Director

Position/Status

Grant date

Number of shares subject to award

Vesting date

Date exercisable

Toby Courtauld

Chief Executive

03.07.2026

330,290

 

03.07.2029

 

03.07.2031

 

Jayne Cottam

Chief Financial Officer

03.07.2026

197,889

 

03.07.2029

 

03.07.2031

 

Dan Nicholson

Executive Director

03.07.2026

196,877

 

03.07.2029

 

03.07.2031

 

 

The awards were granted as nil cost options and are subject to continued service and underpin conditions relating to the period expiring on the third anniversary of the grant date. The vested shares will be subject to a two-year holding period following the end of the three-year underpin period.

 

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).

 

 

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

Grant of award over ordinary shares in the form of a nil cost option under the rules of the Great Portland Estates Restricted Share Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price

Volume(s)

Ordinary shares

Nil consideration

330,290

d)

Aggregated information

-      Aggregated volume

-      Aggregated price

-      Aggregated total

Aggregated volume: 330,290

Aggregated price: 0.0p

Aggregated total: 330,290 ordinary shares

e)

Date of transaction

3 July 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside of trading venue

 

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

Jayne Cottam

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Financial 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

Grant of award over ordinary shares in the form of a nil cost option under the rules of the Great Portland Estates Restricted Share Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price

Volume(s)

Ordinary shares

Nil consideration

197,889

d)

Aggregated information

-      Aggregated volume

-      Aggregated price

-      Aggregated total

Aggregated volume:  197,889

Aggregated price: 0.0p

Aggregated total: 197,889 ordinary shares

e)

Date of transaction

3 July 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside of trading venue

 

1.

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

Dan Nicholson

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Executive 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 15 5/19 p

ISIN: GB00BF5H9P87

b)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of award over ordinary shares in the form of a nil cost option under the rules of the Great Portland Estates Restricted Share Plan

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price

Volume(s)

Ordinary shares

Nil consideration

196,877

d)

Aggregated information

-      Aggregated volume

-      Aggregated price

-      Aggregated total

Aggregated volume: 196,877

Aggregated price: 0.0p

Aggregated total: 196,877 ordinary shares

e)

Date of transaction

3 July 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside of trading venue

 

 


 

Contact:

Great Portland Estates plc

Darren Lennark

General Counsel & Company Secretary

020 7647 3000

 

LEI Number: 213800JMEDD2Q4N1MC42

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