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GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES
P.L.C.
Interim Report 2000

Portfolio Analysis
(as at 30th September 2000)
West End 48.9%
Shopping Centres 21.5%
City 16.6%
Other Offices 5.3%
South East Offices 7.7%
Offices Retail Total
£m £m £m
London West End - North of Oxford Street 358.3 58.5 416.8 26.3%
West End - Other 225.9 131.3 357.2 22.6%
West End - Total 584.2 189.8 774.0 48.9%
City 263.4 - 263.4 16.6%
London - Total 847.6 189.8 1,037.4 65.5%
South East Offices 122.8 - 122.8 7.7%
Other Offices 83.8 - 83.8 5.3%
Shopping Centres - 340.6 340.6 21.5%
1,054.2 530.4 1,584.6 100.0%
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Highlights
" Adjusted earnings up 7% to 5.8p per share (1999: 5.4p)
" Interim dividend up 4% to 3.25p (1999: 3.125p)
" Net assets per share up 4% to 408p
" Fully diluted net assets per share up 6% to 399p
" 80p per share returned to shareholders in accordance
with timetable
" Over £300 million of property sales in last six months
" Over £1 billion of properties held in central London
Results in Brief
(Six months to 30th September) 2000 1999
Rent receivable £57.5m £58.7m
Profit before taxation £7.9m £28.3m
Profit after taxation £3.1m £21.6m
Earnings per share – basic 0.9p 5.7p
Earnings per share – adjusted 5.8p 5.4p
Dividends per share 3.25p 3.125p
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GREAT TITCHFIELD STREET
Statement by the Chairman
This period has seen the
successful implementation
of radical restructuring
initiatives
RICHARD PESKIN
Chairman
INTRODUCTION
RESULTS AND DIVIDEND
Since my Statement in the Annual
Profit on ordinary activities, before
Report and Accounts last June, most
taxation and exceptional items, for
shareholders will have received two
the six months to 30th September
further letters from me in August
2000, amounted to £26.8 million.
and September and will be aware,
The headline figure of £7.9 million
therefore, that the period under
is, therefore, misleading as it includes
review has seen the successful
£6.9 million of costs in connection
implementation of the radical
with the restructuring, coupled with
initiatives for the restructuring of
disappointing losses of £12.0 million
the Group presaged in March. The
on the sale of investment properties.
return of capital of £285 million,
Adjusted earnings per share, however,
or 80p per share, was duly made
were 7% ahead at 5.8p (1999: 5.4p)
on 20th September, and our aim to
and your directors have declared
deliver greater shareholder value is,
an interim dividend of 3.25p
in my view, reflected by the
(1999: 3.125p), an increase of 4%,
outperformance of Great Portland’s
payable on 4th January 2001.
share price against the FTSE All Share,
FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and FTSE Real
Estate indices since the original
announcement of our strategic
review.
EXISTING HOLDINGS
GREAT TITCHFIELD STREET, W1
MORTIMER STREET
LITTLE PORTLAND STREET
32
34
24 - 30
55 53 51
20 - 22
49
47
WELLS STREET
55 58
A MAJOR SCHEME TO THE NORTH OF OXFORD
STREET WHICH WILL COMPRISE 250,000 SQ.FT.
MARGARET STREET
OF PRIMARILY OFFICE AND RETAIL SPACE.
RIGHT:
COMPUTERISED VISUAL OF THE FINAL
DEVELOPMENT
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Statement by the Chairman
CB Hillier Parker were instructed, for
the first time at the half-yearly stage,
to provide an independent valuation
of the entire investment portfolio, and
the properties have been valued at
£1.58 billion, representing an overall
uplift of 2.2%. Continued strong
occupational demand in London has
contributed to further good increases
in rents, which have been the main
driving force in capital values rising
by 5.6%, with the City and Holborn
holdings growing by 6.5%, and the
West End and Covent Garden by 5.3%.
However, negative sentiment towards
retailing in general has meant a
softening of yields for shopping
centres and, despite modest rental
growth, their values fell by 4.7%,
whilst regional offices were down
by 1.8%. Net assets per share,
despite the previously mentioned
exceptional losses, stood at 408p,
an uplift of 3.7% over the equivalent
figure at 31st March 2000, and
diluted net assets per share increased
by 5.8% to 399p.

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Statement by the Chairman
PORTFOLIO REVIEW
For the period under review, the
main concentration has been on
the rationalisation of the portfolio.
Our entire industrial, distribution,
retail warehousing and other non-core
retail holdings were sold, together
with regional offices offering limited
growth prospects. Aggregate proceeds
amounted to £305 million and since
30th September further disposals of
£12 million have been effected; this
means that within twenty months
some 73 properties have been sold to
realise £411 million.
MARGARET STREET
GREAT PORTLAND STREET
10 9 8 6
MARKET PLACE
OXFORD STREET
MARKET PLACE
KENT HOUSE
GREAT TITCHFIELD STREET
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PEDESTRIANISED AREA
EXISTING HOLDINGS
MARKET PLACE, W1
THE “PIAZZANISATION” OF THIS THOROUGHFARE
HAS ENHANCED THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
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Statement by the Chairman
With one half of the portfolio now
situated in the West End and Covent
Garden, active management here, as
elsewhere, is a key ingredient in
creating added value. We have
succeeded in increasing rents north
of Oxford Street by 10% since
March, and, within fifteen months
of purchase, 28 Savile Row
(12,000 sq.ft.) has been completely
refurbished and 66% let at rents
well above original expectations.
This was one of the properties on
the Pollen Estate where our active
involvement resulted in a highly
satisfactory outcome, through the
profitable sale of our beneficial stake
in the Pollen Trust and the
simultaneous regearing of our long
leasehold interests.
As previously mentioned, modest
rental growth was achieved in our
shopping centres. With 560,000 sq.ft.
of space now under our control at
Harlow, we continue to consolidate
our dominant position in the town
and we are constructing a 60,000 sq.ft.
store for Woolworths which should be
open in the spring of 2002.
Discussions are taking place with
adjoining developers and the
local authority with a view to
strengthening the town’s position in
the retail hierarchy of the north east
quadrant of the M25. In High
Wycombe our development partners
and the local authority are facing
serious delays in fulfilling the
conditions of our funding
arrangement, and we are, therefore,
reviewing with them our commitment
to the proposed 400,000 sq.ft.
Western Sector extension to our
adjoining Octagon Centre.
Construction has started on the
200,000 sq.ft. Sol Central leisure
complex in Northampton, where
the building is already 65% pre-let
and has a scheduled completion date
of summer 2001. It is a testimony to
our management skills that the void
element of our entire portfolio
remains at only 1% of the current rent
roll.
With regard to our medium-term
office development programme,
good progress is being made with
the relevant planning authorities at
Frimley (81,000 sq.ft.), 22/25
Northumberland Avenue, WC2
(18,000 sq.ft.), 190 Great Portland
Street, W1 (135,000 sq.ft.) and the
scheme at Mortimer Street/Great
Titchfield Street, W1 (240,000 sq.ft.).
In the City, a consortium is being
formed with two adjoining
landowners to investigate the
redevelopment potential of a large
site incorporating our holdings in
St. Mary Axe, Camomile Street and
Bishopsgate, EC2.
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Statement by the Chairman
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The portfolio rationalisation
programme, capital reduction and
return of cash to shareholders
generated a number of one-off, or
exceptional, items in the six months
to 30th September 2000. £1.9 million
of exceptional administration costs
were incurred on the capital
restructuring, and the £52.4 million
9.5% Convertible Unsecured Loan
Stock 2002 was redeemed at a
premium of £5.0 million on 1st June.
Without this redemption the Company
would neither have been able to effect
the capital reduction nor to buy in
further shares, and it added 8p to
diluted net assets per share.
Furthermore, by saving £3.2 million
of interest over the following two and
a half years, the overall cost will only
be £1.2 million after tax. The loss on
the sale of investment properties of
£12.0 million comprised selling costs
of £3.8 million and a loss against
March 2000 values of £8.2 million.
The redemption of the Loan Stock,
as mentioned above, was the only
change in the Company’s gross
debt in the six months to
30th September 2000, and the
weighted average cost of debt
remained at 8.3%. Following the
capital reduction, gearing at 30th
September 2000 rose to 79%
(31st March 2000: 60%) net of
cash balances of £23 million and
the Group had in place undrawn
bank facilities of £40 million. Under
Financial Reporting Standard 13,
the market value of the Group’s
financial instruments at 30th
September 2000 exceeded the
amount at which they were shown
in the consolidated balance sheet by
£90 million, representing a potential
reduction in net assets per share
of 29p after tax; there remained
no inherent liability to taxation on
capital gains within the portfolio
as a whole. The Company aims
to maintain a sensible balance
of long-term, fixed rate and
medium-term debt commensurate
with the size of the business which
it helps to finance and, following
the capital reduction, steps are under
consideration to address the size and
nature of the Group’s borrowings.
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Statement by the Chairman
In May, shareholders gave formal
approval to the capital reduction,
which gained Court confirmation in
early September, and 80p per share
was duly returned to shareholders
on 20th September. Our shares were
consolidated on the basis of three
for every five previously in issue,
effective on 11th September, and the
closing share price on that day was
257 1 /2p, for the purpose of tax on
capital gains. At the Annual General
Meeting in July, shareholders renewed
the authority to buy in a further 15%
of the issued share capital, and, in
September, we bought back 250,000
shares at a cost of 224p each, which
had a small incremental effect on net
asset value per share.
Following the sale of most of our
non-core properties, our rent roll
now stands at £97.7 million per
annum, and is now estimated to
be reversionary to the tune of
£14.0 million within the next five
years; an analysis of the portfolio at
30th September 2000 is set out
on page 2.
BOARD CHANGES
David Godwin became Deputy
Chairman on the retirement of Roger
Payton after the Annual General
Meeting in July. In October, Patrick
Hall, the director in charge of
acquisitions and disposals since
joining us nine years ago and Joint
Managing Director since last April,
resigned from the Board as he felt
that, with the sales programme
substantially complete, it was an
appropriate time for him to move
on. Peter Shaw, who was appointed
Joint Managing Director along with
Patrick in April and who also joined
the Group in 1991, became Managing
Director.
PROSPECTS
A great deal of work has been done
during the past few months in
restructuring the portfolio and further
sensible rationalisation is proceeding.
Although current economic conditions
appear to remain relatively calm, there
are some indications that the United
Kingdom property market is slowing
down and, indeed, it would be
surprising to expect the very strong
rental and capital growth of the last
two to three years to be sustained.
Having said that, however,
I believe that there is still good
potential within our chosen spheres
of operation and that shareholder
value will best be realised by our
strategy of continued investment and
development in London and in South
East offices.
RICHARD PESKIN
Chairman
21st November 2000
CHARING CROSS STATION
NORTHUMBERLAND STREET
CRAVEN STREET
EXISTING HOLDINGS
CRAVEN PASSAGE
22/25 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, WC2
A DEVELOPMENT CLOSE TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE
SUBJECT TO A PLANNING APPLICATION TO
INCREASE THE FLOOR SPACE BY 45% ON AN
18,500 SQ.FT. OFFICE SITE
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NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE
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Unaudited Group Profit and Loss Account
For the six months ended 30th September 2000
YEAR TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 1999
£m NOTES £m £m
119.8 Rent receivable 2 57.5 58.7
(2.0) Ground rents (1.0) (0.9)
117.8 Net rental income 56.5 57.8
(3.5) Property and refurbishment costs (1.7) (1.7)
(4.5) Administration expenses 3 (4.7) (2.2)
109.8 50.1 53.9
1.0 Trading profits – –
110.8 Operating profit 50.1 53.9
4.7 (Loss)/profit on sale of investment properties (12.0) 1.3
115.5 Profit on ordinary activities before interest 38.1 55.2
3.0 Interest receivable 4 1.9 2.2
(58.0) Interest payable 5 (32.1) (29.1)
60.5 Profit on ordinary activities before taxation 7.9 28.3
(14.4) Tax on profit on ordinary activities 6 (4.8) (6.7)
46.1 Profit on ordinary activities after taxation 3.1 21.6
(34.5) Dividends 7 (7.0) (11.8)
11.6 Retained (loss)/profit for the period (3.9) 9.8
12.3p Earnings per share – basic 8 0.9p 5.7p
11.1p Earnings per share – adjusted 8 5.8p 5.4p
9.5p Dividend per share 7 3.25p 3.125p
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Unaudited Group Balance Sheet
As at 30th September 2000
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 1999
£m NOTES £m £m
Tangible fixed assets
1,845.0 Investment properties 9 1,584.6 1,707.7
14.9 Investments – 12.2
1,859.9 1,584.6 1,719.9
Current assets
1.4 Stock of trading properties 4.5 3.6
21.6 Debtors 32.7 12.8
85.4 Cash at bank and short-term deposits 23.0 25.9
108.4 60.2 42.3
79.1 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 63.3 68.9
29.3 Net current (liabilities)/assets (3.1) (26.6)
1,889.2 Total assets less current liabilities 1,581.5 1,693.3
Creditors: amounts falling due after more
than one year
454.1 Debenture loans 454.1 456.0
109.6 Convertible loans 56.7 110.8
197.7 Bank and other loans 197.7 47.8
761.4 708.5 614.6
1,127.8 873.0 1,078.7
Capital and reserves
178.4 Called up share capital 107.0 188.7
238.4 Share premium account 24.3 238.4
607.3 Revaluation reserve 596.3 533.6
19.3 Other reserves 19.4 85.5
84.4 Profit and loss account 126.0 32.5
1,127.8 Equity shareholders’ funds 873.0 1,078.7
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Unaudited Group Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses
For the six months ended 30th September 2000
YEAR TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 1999
£m £m £m
46.1 Profit for the period 3.1 21.6
85.7 Unrealised surplus on revaluation of fixed assets 34.9 –
131.8 Total recognised gains and losses for the period 38.0 21.6
Unaudited Note of Historical Cost Profits and Losses
For the six months ended 30th September 2000
YEAR TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 1999
£m £m £m
60.5 Reported profit on ordinary activities before taxation 7.9 28.3
34.5 Realisation of revaluation surpluses of previous years 45.9 22.5
95.0 Historical cost profit on ordinary activities before taxation 53.8 50.8
Historical cost profit for the period retained after
46.1 taxation and dividends 42.0 32.3
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Unaudited Group Statement of Cash Flows
For the six months ended 30th September 2000
YEAR TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 1999
£m £m £m
112.7 Net cash inflow from operating activities 35.6 46.2
Returns on investments and servicing of finance
3.5 Interest received 2.0 2.8
(57.8) Interest paid (19.7) (29.2)
Net cash outflow from returns on investments
(54.3) and servicing of finance (17.7) (26.4)
(13.0) Tax paid (4.3) (2.1)
Capital expenditure
(144.7) Payments to acquire investment properties (11.4) (24.0)
86.4 Receipts from sale of investment properties 288.4 31.7
(0.5) Payments to acquire investments – (0.5)
– Receipts from sale of investments 14.9 –
(58.8) Net cash inflow/(outflow) from capital expenditure 291.9 7.2
(35.4) Equity dividends paid (22.7) (23.6)
Net cash inflow/(outflow) before use of liquid resources
(48.8) and financing 282.8 1.3
Management of liquid resources
87.4 Cash withdrawn from short-term deposit 65.7 150.4
Financing
– Redemption of shares (285.4) –
(38.4) Purchase of shares (0.4) –
(3.5) Redemption of loans (57.9) (170.0)
– Drawdown of bank loans – 20.0
(41.9) Net cash outflow from financing (343.7) (150.0)
(3.3) Increase/(decrease) in cash 4.8 1.7
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Reconciliation of Operating Profit
to Net Cash Inflow from Operating Activities
YEAR TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 1999
£m £m £m
110.8 Operating profit 50.1 53.9
2.0 (Increase)/decrease in stock of trading properties (3.1) (0.2)
(1.3) (Increase)/decrease in debtors (4.9) (3.9)
1.2 (Decrease)/increase in creditors (6.5) (3.6)
112.7 Net cash inflow from operating activities 35.6 46.2
Reconciliation of Net Cash Flow to Movement in Net Debt
YEAR TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 1999
£m £m £m
(3.3) Increase/(decrease) in cash in the period 4.8 1.7
(87.4) Decrease in short-term deposits (65.7) (150.4)
3.5 Cash outflow from redemption of loans 57.9 170.0
– Cash inflow from increase in debt – (20.0)
(87.2) Change in net debt arising from cash flows (3.0) 1.3
0.2 Other non-cash movements (5.0) 0.1
(87.0) Movement in net debt in the period (8.0) 1.4
(590.5) Net debt at the beginning of the period (677.5) (590.5)
(677.5) Net debt at the end of the period (685.5) (589.1)
Analysis of Net Debt
AT
AT
1ST APRIL CASH FLOW NON-CASH 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 CHANGES 2000
£m £m £m £m
Cash (1.5) 4.8 – 3.3
Short-term deposits 85.4 (65.7) – 19.7
Debt due after one year (761.4) 57.9 (5.0) (708.5)
(677.5) (3.0) (5.0) (685.5)
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Notes Forming Part of the Interim Statement
1 BASIS OF PREPARATION OF INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The interim financial information has been prepared on the basis of the accounting policies set out in the Group’s 2000
statutory accounts. The financial information contained in this report does not constitute statutory accounts within the
meaning of section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. The abridged accounts for the year ended 31st March 2000 are an
extract from the accounts for that year which, together with an unqualified audit report, have been delivered to the
Registrar of Companies.
2 TURNOVER AND SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS
Rent receivable by location:
YEAR TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 1999
£m £m £m
18.2 West End – North of Oxford Street 9.6 8.8
19.9 Other West End and Covent Garden 10.3 9.8
16.8 City and Holborn 9.1 8.0
22.7 South East of England 9.9 11.5
42.2 Rest of United Kingdom 18.6 20.6
119.8 57.5 58.7
Rent receivable is stated exclusive of value added tax, and arose wholly from continuing operations in the United
Kingdom. No operations were discontinued during the period.
3 ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES
YEAR TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 1999
£m £m £m
Administration expenses
4.5 Other 2.8 2.2
Exceptional item
– Capital restructuring 1.9 –
4.5 4.7 2.2
4 INTEREST RECEIVABLE
YEAR TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 1999
£m £m £m
2.5 Short-term deposits 1.5 1.9
0.5 Other 0.4 0.3
3.0 1.9 2.2
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Notes Forming Part of the Interim Statement
5 INTEREST PAYABLE
YEAR TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 1999
£m £m £m
Interest payable
10.5 Bank loans and overdrafts 5.0 5.3
47.5 Other 22.1 23.8
58.0 27.1 29.1
Exceptional item
– Premium on early redemption of loan stock 5.0 –
58.0 32.1 29.1
6 TAXATION
Taxation has been calculated using the estimated effective tax rate for the full year. The difference between the standard
rate of tax and the effective rate principally reflects the benefit of capital allowances available on plant and equipment in
respect of investment properties.
7 DIVIDENDS
An interim dividend of 3.25p per share (1999: 3.125p) will be paid on 4th January 2001 to shareholders on the
register at 1st December 2000.
8 EARNINGS PER SHARE
Earnings per share for the six months are based on income attributable to ordinary shareholders of £3,100,000
(1999: £21,600,000) and on the weighted average of 341,215,548 shares in issue (1999: 377,462,638 shares). There
is no impact on earnings per share of conversion of the convertible bonds, or the exercise of share options.
The directors believe that earnings per share before exceptional items and profits or losses on sales of investment
properties and investments provide a more meaningful measure of the Group’s performance. Accordingly, earnings per
share on that adjusted basis have been disclosed on the face of the profit and loss account, and calculated as follows:
YEAR TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO
31ST MARCH 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER 30TH SEPTEMBER
2000 2000 2000 1999 1999
EARNINGS PROFIT EARNINGS PROfiT EARNINGS
PER SHARE AFTER TAX PER SHARE AFTER TAX PER SHARE
PENCE £m PENCE £m PENCE
12.3 Basic 3.1 0.9 21.6 5.7
– Exceptional items 4.8 1.4 – –
Loss/(profit) on sale of
(1.2) investment properties 12.0 3.5 (1.3) (0.3)
11.1 Adjusted 19.9 5.8 20.3 5.4
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Notes Forming Part of the Interim Statement
9 INVESTMENT PROPERTIES
LEASEHOLD
FREEHOLD/ OVER LEASEHOLD
FEUHOLD 900 YEARS 50-250 YEARS TOTAL
£m £m £m £m
At 1st April 2000 1,391.7 170.8 282.5 1,845.0
Additions at cost 6.8 0.1 11.5 18.4
Disposals (254.3) (54.8) (4.6) (313.7)
1,144.2 116.1 289.4 1,549.7
Surplus on revaluation 27.5 4.7 2.7 34.9
At 30th September 2000 1,171.7 120.8 292.1 1,584.6
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Independent Review Report to
Great Portland Estates P.L.C.
INTRODUCTION
We have been instructed by the Company to review the financial information set out on pages 10 to 17, and we have
read the other information contained in the interim report and considered whether it contains any apparent
misstatements or material inconsistencies with the financial information.
DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
The interim report, including the financial information contained therein, is the responsibility of, and has been
approved by, the directors. The Listing Rules of the Financial Services Authority require that the accounting policies and
presentation applied to the interim figures should be consistent with those applied in preparing the preceding annual
accounts except where any changes, and the reasons for them, are disclosed.
REVIEW WORK PERFORMED
We conducted our review in accordance with guidance contained in Bulletin 1999/4 issued by the Auditing Practices
Board. A review consists principally of making enquiries of group management and applying analytical procedures to
the financial information and underlying financial data and based thereon, assessing whether the accounting policies
and presentation have been consistently applied unless otherwise disclosed. A review excludes audit procedures such as
tests of controls and verification of assets, liabilities and transactions. It is substantially less in scope than an audit
performed in accordance with Auditing Standards and therefore provides a lower level of assurance than an audit.
Accordingly we do not express an audit opinion on the financial information.
REVIEW CONCLUSION
On the basis of our review we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the financial
information as presented for the six months ended 30th September 2000.
ERNST & YOUNG
Registered Auditor
London
21st November 2000
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Directors
RICHARD PESKIN MA, LLM, FRSA, CIMGT
Chairman, Non-Executive
DAVID GODWIN
Deputy Chairman, Non-Executive
PETER SHAW FRICS, ACIARB
Managing Director
JOHN WHITELEY BA(ECON), FCA
Finance Director
PAUL GITTENS FRICS
Executive Director
HOWARD PERLIN FCA
Non-Executive Director
ANTHONY GRAHAM FRICS
Non-Executive Director
JOHN EDGCUMBE BSc FRICS
Non-Executive Director
SECRETARY
Desna Martin BCOM, CA(AUST)
Shareholders’ Information
FINANCIAL CALENDAR 2000
Ex-dividend date for interim dividend
27th November
Registration qualifying date for interim dividend
1st December
Interim dividend payable
Announcement of full year results
Circulation of Annual Report and Accounts 2001
Annual General Meeting
Final dividend payable
* Provisional
2001
4th January
5th June*
15th June*
17th July*
20th July*
DESIGNED BY CITIGATE LLOYD NORTHOVER PRODUCED BY CL CITY
SHAREHOLDER ENQUIRIES
All enquiries relating to holdings
of shares, loan stock, bonds or
debentures in Great Portland Estates,
including notification of change
of address, queries regarding
dividend/interest payments or
the loss of a certificate, should be
addressed to the Company’s Registrars:
Capita IRG plc
Bourne House
34 Beckenham Road
Beckenham
Kent BR3 4TU
Tel 020 8639 2000
WEB SITE
The Company has a corporate web
site which holds, amongst other
information, a copy of our latest
annual report and accounts, a list of
properties held by the Group and
copies of all press announcements
released over the last twelve months.
It can be found at www.gpe.co.uk
PERSONAL EQUITY PLANS (PEPs)
Following changes in legislation, the
Company can no longer offer PEPs to
private shareholders. Existing General
and Single Company PEP holders can,
however, continue their PEPs under
the original arrangements and for
further information should contact
the Plan Manager at:
Bank of Scotland
Personal Equity Plans
PO Box 17122
600 Gorgie Road
Edinburgh EH11 3WA
Tel 0131 442 8271
LOW COST DEALING SERVICE
This service provides both existing
and prospective shareholders with a
simple, postal, low-cost method of
buying and selling Great Portland
Estates shares. For further information,
or a dealing form, contact:
Cazenove & Co.
12 Tokenhouse Yard
London EC2R 7AN
Tel 020 7606 1768
REGISTERED OFFICE
Knighton House
56 Mortimer Street
London W1N 8BD
Tel 020 7580 3040
Fax 020 7631 5169
Registered Number 596137