Director/PDMR Shareholding

Centrica PLC
                  

Purchase of ordinary shares of 6 14/81 pence in Centrica plc ('Shares' and the
'Company', respectively) by a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility
(PDMR) of the Company under its North American Employee Share Purchase Plan
('NAESPP').

The Bank of New York (the 'Trustee'), as Trustee of the NAESPP, notified the
Company on 24 June 2008 that they had purchased the following ordinary shares in
the Company at a price of 307 pence under the NAESPP's dividend reinvestment
scheme on 11 June 2008. The Company paid a dividend of 9.65 pence per share on
11 June 2008.

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                                 Number             Aggregate shares held
                                 of shares          beneficially (across all accounts
                                                    following acquisition)

Persons Discharging Managerial
 Responsibility
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Deryk King                       214                319,305
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The NAESPP is only open to employees of the Company based in Canada and the
United States. No other Directors or PDMRs of the Company are participants in
the NAESPP.

Enquiries:

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Centrica Media Relations                 01753 494085
Centrica Investor Relations              01753 494900
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