Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Centrica PLC

17 November 2009

CENTRICA PLC

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

Centrica plc (“the Company”) received notice on 17 November 2009 (under the obligations imposed by Section 5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules), that on 16 November 2009, AXA S.A (‘AXA’) had a notifiable interest in 239,888,850 ordinary shares of 6^14/81 pence each in the Company, representing approximately 1.58% direct and 3.10% 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	Â	No. of shares held
Alliance Capital Management			2,896,200.00
Direct
AXA			9,769,751.00
Direct
AXA Australia			198,163.00
Indirect
AXA Colonia Konzern			3,387,502.00
Direct
AXA Colonia Konzern			422,832.00
Indirect
AXA Financial, Inc			49,991,419.00
Indirect
AXA IM UK			60,222,389.00
Direct
AXA IM UK			10,485,461.00
Indirect
AXA Rosenberg			4,537,110.00
Direct
AXA Rosenberg			97,978,023.00
Indirect
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Total Direct			80,812,952
Total Indirect			159,075,898
Total			239,888,850
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