Transaction in Own Shares

Centrica PLC
27 April 2005

Centrica plc



Repurchase of shares



Centrica plc announces that on 27 April 2005 it purchased for cancellation
1,000,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 222.4754p per share from JPMorgan
Cazenove Limited



Enquiries



Kath Kyle  Centrica plc   01753 494902



Jonathan Wilcox  JPMorgan Cazenove Limited  020 7588 2828








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