Director Shareholding

Centrica PLC Purchase of ordinary shares of 6 14/81 pence in Centrica plc ('Shares' and the 'Company', respectively) by Directors of the Company under its Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'). The SIP trustee, Hill Samuel ESOP Trustees Limited (the 'Trustee'), notified the Company on the 22 February 2005 that: (1) The following Directors of the Company acquired Shares under the SIP on 21 February 2005 from the Shares acquired by the Trustee on that date: Director Number Aggregate shares held of Shares Beneficially (across all accounts Acquired* following acquisition) Phil Bentley 71 188,598 Mark Clare 71 641,262 Sir Roy Gardner 71 2,175,158 Jake Ulrich 71 528,080 * The 'Number of Shares Acquired' includes 51 Partnership shares acquired at 243 pence and 20 Matching shares acquired at 249.3333 pence. Both Partnership and Matching elements are registered in the name of the Trustee. (2) They had transferred 7,549 ordinary shares of 6 14/81 pence each from Lloyds TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited AESOP1 (Allocated shares) to Lloyds TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited AESOP2 (unallocated shares). The transfer was made following the forfeiture of shares, under the rules of the SIP, by participants who have left the group since the last purchase. The Directors listed above, together with some 5,000 other employees, are potential participants in the Plan and are to be treated as interested in the 29 shares held by Lloyds TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited AESOP2. The SIP operates as follows -- Each month the Trustee uses participants' contributions (which may not exceed £125 per participant per month) to purchase shares in the market. These shares are called 'Partnership Shares'. -- At the same time the Company allots to participants via the Trustee one 'Matching Share' for every two partnership shares purchased that month (up to a maximum of 20 matching shares per month). -- Participants may change their monthly savings rate whenever they wish. However, Directors and others bound by the Company's Securities Dealing Code (the 'Code') may not make such a change during a close period or when otherwise prohibited from dealing by the Code.

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Centrica (CNA)
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