Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Centrica PLC

CENTRICA PLC

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

Centrica plc (“the Company”) received notice on 9 March 2009 (under the obligations imposed by Section 5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules), that on 9 March 2009, AXA S.A (‘AXA’) had a notifiable interest in 525,495,445 ordinary shares of 6^14/81 pence each in the Company, representing approximately 1.87% direct and 8.42% indirect of the Company’s issued share capital.

The voting rights of these shares are held through AXA and the interests of AXA include interests of its group companies which are shown below:

Registered holder	Â	No. of shares held
Alliance Capital Management Direct AXA Direct AXA Australia Indirect AXA Colonia Konzern Direct AXA Colonia Konzern Indirect AXA Financial, Inc Indirect AXA Framlington Indirect AXA Framlington Blue Chip Indirect AXA France Indirect AXA IM UK Direct AXA IM UK Indirect AXA Rosenberg Direct AXA Rosenberg Indirect AXA Winterthur Direct   Total Direct Total Indirect Total		3,899,336.00   10,680,646.00   136,937.00   6,652,452.00   422,832.00   299,973,795   5,203,627.00   234,602.00   151,531.00   60,040,52.00   2,600,240.00   5,984,000.00   121,123,940.00   8,390,755.00     95,647,941 429,847,504 525,495,445

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