Transaction in Own Shares

Centrica PLC
28 February 2005


Centrica plc


Repurchase of shares


Centrica plc announces that on 28 February 2005 it purchased for cancellation
2,859,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 236.8610p per share from Morgan
Stanley & Co. International Limited.

Enquiries

Kath Kyle           Centrica plc                                    01753 494902



Jon Bathard-Smith   Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited     020 7425 8000

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