Trustee share purchase

Centrica PLC
                  



Centrica plc
Directors' Share Interests - Share purchase by the Trustees of the
Company's Long Term Incentive Scheme

Centrica plc announces that Hill Samuel Offshore Trust Company Limited, trustees
of the Centrica Long Term Incentive Scheme (the 'LTIS'), acquired 1,279,475
ordinary shares of 6 14/81 pence each in Centrica plc on 29 September 2005 at
246.14p per share to satisfy future releases under the LTIS in which the
participants, including Executive Directors, Persons Discharging Management
Responsibility and other senior management, have a potential interest, subject
to the achievement of performance conditions.

Derek Woodward
Head of Secretariat