Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Centrica PLC

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

   

Centrica plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

  Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 

Other (please specify):

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

   

INVESCO LIMITED

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

 

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

4 November 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

6 November 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

4%, 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares

If possible use ISIN code

    Situation previous to the triggering transaction   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares     Number of voting rights Number of shares   Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights

Direct

 

Indirect

Direct

 

Indirect

Ordinary

6 14/81p Shares (GB00B033F229)

256,480,467

256,480,467

 

 

257,100,378

 

5.01%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial   Expiration date   Exercise/   No. of voting rights   Percentage of
instrument conversion that may be acquired voting rights
period/date (if the instrument
      exercised/converted)  
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights     Percentage of voting rights

257,100,378

5.01%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) – 705,786
 
Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 809,855
 
Bank of New York – 173,813,017
 
Banque Paribas - 867,210
 
Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) – 100,302
 
Bank of New York (Brussels) - 98,310
 
Bank of New York (Singapore) - 125,812
 
Boston Safe Deposit – 129,650
 
Chase Bank (Hong Kong) - 295,988
 
JP Morgan Chase - 5,793,479
 
Chase (Frankfurt) – 32,608
 
Erste Group Bank AG (Austria) – 11,797
 
HSBC Bank (London) - 2,726,868
 
Japan Trustee Services Bank - 378,038
 
Mellon Bank (Pittsburgh) - 1,088,758
 
Master Trust Bank (Japan) – 295,720
 
Nomura Trust & Banking (Japan) – 136,084
 
State Street (Sydney) - 13,750
 
State Street (London) - 25,314,722
 
Trust & Custody Services (Japan) - 10,317
 
Northern Trust Company (London) - 1,832,883
 
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Limited – 112,540
 
Other - 42,406,884
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:  
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:  
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:  
13. Additional information:    
14 Contact name: Paul Moore
15. Contact telephone number: 01753 494 012

Companies

Centrica (CNA)
UK 100

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