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Centrica plc - Publication of Prospectus and Circular

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO
AUSTRALIA, CANADA, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, JAPAN, SINGAPORE,
SWITZERLAND, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR THE UNITED STATES.

CENTRICA PLC

3 November 2008

Further to the announcement on 31 October 2008 of a fully underwritten rights
issue (the 'Rights Issue'), Centrica plc ('Centrica') announces that a
prospectus relating to the Rights Issue (the 'Prospectus') was approved by the
UK Listing Authority on 31 October 2008. A circular to shareholders relating to
the Rights Issue (the 'Circular') has also been posted to shareholders.

The Prospectus and Circular will shortly be available for inspection at the UK
Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, situated at:

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Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade,
Canary Wharf,
London E14 5HS.
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Contacts

Centrica Investor Relations
01753 494900

Centrica Media Relations
0845 0726 8001
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This announcement is not a Prospectus but an advertisement and investors should
not subscribe for any nil paid rights ('Nil Paid Rights'), fully paid rights
('Fully Paid Rights') or new ordinary shares ('New Ordinary Shares') referred to
in this announcement except on the basis of the information contained in the
Prospectus.

A copy of the Prospectus is available from the registered office of Centrica plc
at Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5GD and on the Centrica website at
www.centrica.com. The Prospectus is also available for inspection during normal
business hours on any weekday (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays excepted)
at the offices of Linklaters LLP up to the date of admission of the Nil Paid
Rights, which is expected to be 24 November 2008.

Neither the content of Centrica plc's website nor any website accessible by
hyperlinks to Centrica plc's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this
announcement.

Distribution of this announcement and/or the Provisional Allotment Letters
and/or the transfer of Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights and/or New Ordinary
Shares into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by
law. These materials are not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in whole
or in part, in or into the United States (including its territories and
dependencies, any state or the United States and the District of Columbia) or in
or into any of Australia, Canada, The People's Republic of China, Japan,
Singapore, The Republic of South Africa or Switzerland. Persons into whose
possession this announcement comes should inform themselves of and observe any
such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute
a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

These materials do not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to
purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The Nil Paid Rights,
the Fully Paid Rights and the New Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the 'Securities Act')
or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United
States and may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced,
transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States
except pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any
state or other jurisdiction of the United States. The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully
Paid Rights, the New Ordinary Shares and the Provisional Allotment Letters have
not been approved or disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission,
any state's securities commission in the United States or any US regulatory
authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the
merits of the offering of the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the New
Shares and the Provisional Allotment Letters or the accuracy or adequacy of this
announcement. There will be no public offer of these securities in the United
States.

The Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights, the Provisional Allotment Letters
and the New Ordinary Shares will also not be registered under the securities
laws of Australia, Canada, The People's Republic of China, Japan, Singapore, The
Republic of South Africa or Switzerland and may not be offered, sold, taken up,
exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly,
within such jurisdictions except pursuant to an applicable exemption from and in
compliance with any applicable securities laws. There will be no public offer in
any of Australia, Canada, The People's Republic of China, Japan, Singapore, The
Republic of South Africa or Switzerland.