Purchase of Own Securities

Centrica PLC
13 September 2004


Centrica plc

Repurchase of shares


Centrica plc announces that on 13 September 2004 it purchased for cancellation
1,750,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 248.0142p 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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