Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Centrica PLC

18 August 2009

CENTRICA PLC

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

Centrica plc (“the Company”) received notice on 18 August 2009 (under the obligations imposed by Section 5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules), that on 17 August 2009, AXA S.A (‘AXA’) had a notifiable interest in 513,116,289 ordinary shares of 6^14/81 pence each in the Company, representing approximately 1.58% direct and 8.43% 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		3,312,300.00
Direct
AXA		9,769,751.00
Direct
AXA Australia		198,163.00
Indirect
AXA Colonia Konzern		3,387,502.00
Direct
AXA Colonia Konzern		422,832.00
Indirect
AXA Financial, Inc		320,845,960.00
Indirect
AXA IM UK		59,992,042.00
Direct
AXA IM UK		11,099,629.00
Indirect
AXA Rosenberg		4,537,110.00
Direct
AXA Rosenberg		99,551,000.00
Indirect
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Total Direct		80,998,705
Total Indirect		432,117,584
Total		513,116,289
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