Director Shareholding

Centrica PLC
                  

                              SCHEDULE 11

     NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.


  1. Name of company                             2. Name of director

     Centrica plc                                   Phillip Keague Bentley
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  3. Please state whether notification           4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,
      indicates that it is in respect of             if more than one holder, the number
      holding of the shareholder named in 2          of shares held by each of them (if
      above or in respect of a non-beneficial        notified)
      interest or in the case of an individual
      holder if it is a holding of that
      person's spouse or children under the age
      of 18 or in respect of an non-beneficial
      interest

     Director named in 2
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  5. Please state whether notification relates   6. Please state the nature of the
      to a person(s) connected with the              transaction. For PEP transactions
      director named in 2 above and identify         please indicate whether
      the connected person(s)                        general/single co PEP and if
                                                     discretionary/non discretionary /non
                                                     discretionary

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  7. Number of shares/amount 8. Percentage of    9. Number of            10. Percentage
      of stock acquired          issued class        shares/amount of         of issued
                                                     stock disposed           class


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 11. Class of security      12. Price per share 13. Date of transaction  14. Date company
                                                                              informed

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 15. Total holding following this notification  16. Total percentage holding of issued
                                                     class following this notification

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If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.

 17. Date of grant                              18. Period during which or date on
                                                     which exercisable
     6TH APRIL 2004
                                                    1st June 2007 - 30th  November
                                                     2007
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 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of    20. Description of shares or
      the option                                     debentures involved: class,
                                                     number
     Nil
                                                    Option over 5,161 ordinary shares
                                                     of 5 5/9 pence
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 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) 22. Total number of shares or
      or indication that price is to be fixed        debentures over which options
      at time of exercise                            held following this notification

     182.6 pence per share                          1,644,489
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 23. Any additional information                 24. Name of contact and telephone
                                                     number for queries
     Grant of an option under the Centrica
      Sharesave scheme                              Philip Davies - 01753 494012
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 25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this
      notification

     Derek Woodward - Head of Secretariat
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Date of notification - 6th April 2004
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