Purchase of Own Securities

Centrica PLC
08 September 2004



Centrica plc

Repurchase of shares


Centrica plc announces that on 8 September 2004 it purchased for cancellation
1,900,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 244.49p per share from Cazenove &
Co. Ltd


Enquiries

Kath Kyle  Centrica plc   01753 494902

Jonathan Wilcox  Cazenove & Co. Ltd  020 7588 2828





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