Director/PDMR Shareholding

Shaftesbury PLC

DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS

Shaftesbury PLC ("the Company") announces that on 1 August 2011, the following Directors were allotted shares in the Company following the exercise of options granted under the Company's Approved All Employee Sharesave Scheme.

Number acquired Total shareholding following exercise

J S Lane 5,202 1,003,918

B Bickell 5,202 742,489

S J Quayle 5,202 721,665

T J C Welton 5,202 556,700

Options under the Sharesave Scheme were granted on 3 July 2006 at a price of £3.09 per option.

Penny Thomas

Company Secretary

020 7333 8118

1 August 2011