Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Centrica PLC
20 July 2000


On 19 July 2000, Centrica plc allocated 74,800 ordinary shares of 5 5/9p each to
Centrica Quest Limited in its capacity as a Qualifying Employee Share Ownership
Trust (QUEST) for the Company's employee Sharesave Scheme.  The shares were
allotted on 19 July at 228p per share.

The executive directors of the Company, being beneficiaries under the Trust, as
with other employees, are deemed to have a potential interest in the shares.