Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Centrica PLC

3 March 2009

Director/PDMR shareholding

Notification of Directors’ Interests in Shares

On 2 March 2009, 94,130 Centrica ordinary shares of 6¹⁴/₈₁ pence each, in respect of one-off awards made under the terms of the Special Long Term Incentive Scheme (SLTIS) in September 2008, were transferred to Mark Hanafin, Managing Director Centrica Energy & Europe. These awards, which were made in accordance with the terms of his engagement were not subject to any performance conditions and were released by the trustee of the SLTIS.

On release, Mark Hanafin was liable to pay income tax at his marginal rate and National Insurance contributions at 1% on the value of the shares. Accordingly, the trustee of the SLTIS sold shares (41%) to meet these liabilities. The shares were sold at 262.00p on 2 March 2009.

The specific details of the release and disposal are as follows:

Â	Â	Shares released	Â	Shares sold	Â	Net number of shares transferred to participant
Mark Hanafin		94,130		38,594		55,536

The remaining SLTIS award over 94,130 Centrica plc ordinary 6 ¹⁴/₈₁ pence shares made on 26 September 2008 will vest on 28 February 2010 provided Mark Hanafin remains in employment with Centrica plc until the vesting date.

Following the above release Mark Hanafin had a total interest over 858,060 Centrica plc ordinary 6 ¹⁴/₈₁ pence shares.

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