Holding in Company

Centrica PLC
10 September 2001


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

      CENTRICA PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

      BARCLAYS PLC

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

      SHAREHOLDER IN (2) ABOVE

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

      SEE BELOW

5)   Number of shares acquired.

      124,623,068

6)   (3.1%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

      N/A

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

      ORDINARY 5 5/9 p

10)  Date of transaction

      5/9/01

11)  Date company informed

      10/9/01

12)  Total holding following this notification

      124,623,068
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      3.1%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries


      Ian Ritchie
      01753 758215

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Ian Ritchie

     Date of Notification ...10TH SEPTEMBER 2001....



Barclays Bank PLC - Registered Holders Analysis

CENTRICA                      Sedol Number :      573438

As at 5/9/2001 Barclays PLC, through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, had a 
notifiable interest in 124,623,068 ORD GBX5.555555 units representing 3.10% of 
the issued share capital of 4019969727 units.



Registered Holder                                                   Holding

**Unknown**                                                         27,000
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                 3,376,244
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited                    538028          411,236
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited                     73520          474,648     
Dematerialised                                                          720     
Chase Nominees Limited                               16331        1,306,122     
Chase Nominees Limited                               16338          224,312    
Chase Nominees Limited                               16341        4,500,881
Chase Nominees Limited                               16342          394,658     
Chase Nominees Limited                               16344          388,035
Chase Nominees Limited                               16345          686,149
Chase Nominees Limited                               16376          726,186
Chase Nominees Limited                               16400        37,610,272
Chase Nominees Limited                               16530         9,187,465
Chase Nominees Limited                               18409         1,271,851 
Chase Nominees Limited                               20947        11,723,507    
DEM69                                                                 33,155   
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd as executor                                16,595 
Phildrew Nominees Limited                                            339,353  
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd - IMA                                         576 
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                       23,730,838  
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited a/c 5782A          5,878,258  
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                        1,152
**Unknown**                                                        2,279,528    
**Unknown**                                                           64,775    
**Unknown**                                                          162,421    
**Unknown**                                                           57,633
**Unknown**                                                           95,865
**Unknown**                                                           73,835
**Unknown**                                                           26,272
**Unknown**                                                       18,586,526
Nutraco Nominees Limited                                           1,017,000

                                                      Total      124,623,068