Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Centrica PLC

CENTRICA PLC
Notification of Major Interests in Shares

Centrica plc (“the Company”) received notice on 25 August 2009 (under the obligations imposed by Section 5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules), that on 24 August 2009, AXA S.A (‘AXA’) had a notifiable interest in 505,913,634 ordinary shares of 6^14/81 pence each in the Company, representing approximately 1.58% direct and 8.29% indirect of the Company’s issued share capital.

The voting rights of these shares are held through AXA and the interests of AXA include interests of its group companies which are shown below:

Registered holder	Â	No. of shares held
Alliance Capital Management Direct AXA Direct AXA Australia Indirect AXA Colonia Konzern Direct AXA Colonia Konzern Indirect AXA Financial, Inc Indirect AXA IM UK Direct AXA IM UK Indirect AXA Rosenberg Direct AXA Rosenberg Indirect   Total Direct Total Indirect Total		3,312,300.00   9,769,751.00   198,163.00   3,387,502.00   422,832.00   313,677,240.00   59,992,042.00   11,129,629.00   4,537,110.00   99,487,065.00     80,998,705 424,914,929 505,913,634

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