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Shaftesbury PLC

GRANT OF AWARDS UNDER LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Shaftesbury PLC ("the Company") announces that on 8 December 2009, it made the following awards of nil cost options over the Company's Ordinary 25p shares to Executive Directors under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan.  The awards were made pursuant to a recommendation made by the Company's Remuneration Committee.  

The following awards have been made to executive Directors:

Director	Number of Ordinary 25p shares over which nil cost options granted
J S Lane	98,200
B Bickell	70,150
S J Quayle	67,600
T J C Welton	65,050

The shares will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant subject to meeting performance criteria set by the Remuneration Committee and may be exercised in the six month period following vesting.  

The performance conditions for the awards are as follows:

• The performance condition attached to one half of an award will require average annual net asset value ("NAV") growth of between RPI plus 3% to RPI plus 7% per annum over three financial years commencing 1st October 2009 for between 30% and 100% of this part of the award to vest (i.e. between 15% and 50% of the total award).

• The performance condition attached to the other half will require total shareholder return ("TSR") performance against the FTSE 350 Real Estate Index to match or exceed it by up to 5.5% per annum over three financial years commencing 1st October 2009 for between 20% and 100% of this part of the award to vest (i.e. between 10% and 50% of the total award). For the purposes of calculating TSR, share price plus dividends reinvested will be averaged over the three months prior to the start and end of the performance period. 

Awards will vest on a straight line basis between minimum and maximum thresholds.

The three year performance period for the options granted today commenced on 1 October 2009.  

Penny Thomas

Company Secretary

8 December 2009

Telephone 020 7333 8118

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