Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Centrica PLC

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:						Centrica PLC
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights							Â	Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.								Â
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments								Â
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights								Â
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:			Â	Legal & General Group Plc (Group)   Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):(if different from 3.):				Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)   Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:				05 February 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:				08 February 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				Group (Below 5%)   LGIM (Below 5%)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible usingif possible using the ISIN CODEthe ISIN CODE

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Situation previous to the triggering transaction

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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

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Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

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% of voting rights

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Indirect

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Indirect

ORD GBP 0.061728395

185,785,947   (As on 04/12/2008)

Below 5%

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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Expiration date

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Exercise/ Conversion Period

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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

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% of voting rights

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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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Exercise price

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Exercise/ Conversion period

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Number of voting rights instrument refers to

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Nominal

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Delta

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Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

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Percentage of voting rights

Below 5%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (Below 5% = Total Position)	Â
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Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (Below 5% = Total Position)
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Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5% = Total Position)
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Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 229,040,510 –4.46% =LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
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Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) ( 184,226,953 – 3.58%= PMC)		Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
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Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) ( 184,226,953 –3.58% = PMC)		Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
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Â		Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)
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Proxy Voting:		Â
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A

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13. Additional information:	Â	Notification using the total voting rights figure of 5,132,662,495
14. Contact name:		Luke Thomas
5. Contact telephone number:		01753 494012