Director/PDMR Shareholding

Great Portland Estates PLC
17 July 2006


Directors' and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities' shareholdings

The Company announces that on Monday 17 July it granted the following awards
which are conditional upon criteria relating to the Company's performance over
the three year period commencing on the date of grant.

• under the Company Long-Term Incentive Plan in respect of 372,350 Ordinary
  Shares of 12.5 pence each:

Director                   Date of Grant   Number of Shares       Vesting Date

Toby Courtauld                  17.07.06            116,166           17.07.09
Timon Drakesmith                17.07.06             65,343           17.07.09
Robert Noel                     17.07.06             92,933           17.07.09

Persons Discharging
Managerial
Responsibilities           Date of Grant   Number of Shares       Vesting Date

Desna Martin                    17.07.06             35,091           17.07.09
Neil Thompson                   17.07.06             62,817           17.07.09

• under the Company Share Matching Plan in respect of 227,542 Ordinary Shares of
  12.5 pence each:

Director                   Date of Grant   Number of Shares       Vesting Date

Toby Courtauld                  17.07.06             78,376           17.07.09
Timon Drakesmith                17.07.06             44,086           17.07.09
Robert Noel                     17.07.06             62,700           17.07.09

Persons Discharging
Managerial
Responsibilities           Date of Grant   Number of Shares       Vesting Date

Neil Thompson                   17.07.06             42,380           17.07.09


Desna Martin
Company Secretary


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