Director Shareholding

Centrica PLC
                  

Directors' interests in shares held under the Long Term Incentive Scheme (LTIS)

Centrica plc announces that following the end of the three-year performance
period in respect of the October 2000 LTIS allocation, the company was ranked in
40th position within the relevant LTIS comparator group*.

The conditional allocations made in 2000 have therefore been adjusted
accordingly with 75% of the allocations, as detailed below, now being held in
trust for each executive director for a further two years. In October 2005,
these allocations will be released to the directors at the trustee's discretion,
subject to the deduction of income tax, at their marginal and National Insurance
Contributions.

Executive director         Original 2000 conditional   75% of 2000 conditional
                                    allocation                 allocation
                                 (no of shares)             (no of shares)
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Phillip Bentley                               181,671                    136,253
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Mark Clare                                    221,422                    166,066
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Sir Roy Gardner                               312,943                    234,707
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Roger Wood                                    188,947                    141,710
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*The performance conditions are linked to the Company's total
shareholder return (TSR) relative to the returns of its FTSE 100
comparator group. The maximum allocation of shares only vests if the
Company's TSR over the performance period is ranked in 25th position
or above in the comparator group. No shares vest if the TSR over the
performance period is ranked below 50th position in the comparator
group. Between 25th and 50th position, shares vest on a sliding scale
from 100% to 40%.


Total share interests held under LTIS for each executive director
following this notification are as follows:





Phillip Bentley 637,330

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Mark Clare 835,542

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Sir Roy Gardner 1,365,749

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Roger Wood 769,692

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The total number of shares in issue as at 19 November is 4,265,569,664.


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