Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Centrica PLC

Centrica plc (the Company) - Directors’ and other PDMRs’ share interests

Long Term Incentive Scheme (LTIS) allocations

The Company announces that on 3 April 2009 it was notified that conditional allocations of ordinary shares of 6 ¹⁴/81 pence each in the Company were made on 3 April 2009 by the trustee of the LTIS to the following Executive Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs):

Â	Â	TSR shares	Â	EPS shares	Â	Total number of shares in conditional allocation
Executive Directors		Â		Â		Â
Phil Bentley		271,104		271,104		542,208
Mark Hanafin		233,634		233,634		467,268
Sam Laidlaw		403,350		403,350		806,700
Nick Luff		246,859		246,859		493,718
Other PDMRs		Â		Â		Â
Grant Dawson		123,980		123,980		247,960
Deryk King		130,868		130,868		261,736
Catherine May		73,286		73,286		146,572
Anne Minto		97,255		97,255		194,510
Chris Weston		165,307		165,307		330,614

The allocation price for calculating the number of shares was 226.85p, being the average closing share price over the five business days immediately preceding the allocation date of 3 April 2009.

The conditional allocations shown above represent the maximum potential award possible if all performance criteria are met at the end of the three-year performance period commencing on 3 April 2009, as outlined in the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company.

Deferred and Matching Share Scheme (DMSS) - share acquisitions and conditional allocations

The Company further announces that on 3 April 2009 it was notified that the trustee of the DMSS purchased a total of 1,427,340 Centrica ordinary shares of 6 ¹⁴/81 pence each on 3 April 2009 at 227.50p on behalf of, and made conditional awards of matching shares to, the Executive Directors and other PDMRs, as detailed below.

Executive Directors	Â	Total number of shares acquired in DMSS 1	Â	Total number of conditional matching shares held 2, 3	Â	Total beneficial interest in shares following the awards
Phillip Bentley		86,099		172,198		1,090,793
Mark Hanafin		37,821		75,642		93,357
Sam Laidlaw		184,367		368,734		832,468
Nick Luff		85,609		171,218		454,191
PDMRs		Â		Â		Â
Grant Dawson		47,492		94,984		547,388
Deryk King		54,814		109,628		389,662
Catherine May		32,327		64,654		68,358
Anne Minto		47,089		94,178		305,449
Chris Weston		64,949		129,898		317,227

¹ A percentage of gross bonus (before the deduction of income tax and National Insurance contributions) was automatically deferred and invested in Centrica shares. Sam Laidlaw was subject to 40% deferral and the other Executive Directors and PDMRs were each subject to 30% deferral of gross bonus.

2 The calculation of the conditional matching shares was made on a gross basis.

³ The number of matching shares that vest will be determined on a straight-line basis over a three-year period. The maximum two for one match will be achieved for economic profit growth of 25% or more with zero matching for no growth, measured on a point to point basis.

This announcement is made following notifications under Disclosure Rule 3.1.2.

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