Director/PDMR Shareholding

Great Portland Estates PLC
21 November 2007


Great Portland Estates plc - Employee Benefit Trust

Great Portland Estates plc ('the Company')

Purchase of shares by the Great Portland Estates P.L.C. LTIP Employee Share
Trust (the 'Trust')

The Board of Great Portland Estates plc announces that the Trust purchased
184,156 ordinary shares of 12.5p each ('Ordinary Shares') in the Company 
(0.1% of the issued share capital) at a cost of 462.9366p per share on 
21 November 2007.

The Company's 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 758,027 Ordinary
Shares, representing 0.42% of the Company's total issued ordinary share capital.

Contact: 
Desna Martin 
Company Secretary 
020 7647 3093




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