Holding(s) in Company

Centrica PLC
23 August 2002





23 August 2002





Centrica plc



Centrica plc received on 23 August 2002 a notification dated 20 August 2002
stating that the holding of Barclays plc and its subsidiaries in Centrica plc
constituted a notifiable interest for the purposes of Section 198 of the
Companies Act 1985.



                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
Centrica plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Barclays plc

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
See schedule in 4 below

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
Woolwich Life Ltd                                                                                  910,000
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd                                                                    710,506
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                                                                103,450
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                                                                   8,135,579
Barclays Nikko Global Investors Ltd                                                              1,549,696
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust Ltd                                                        3,151,585
Barclays Global Fund Advisors                                                                    1,110,766
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                                                                     57,049
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd                                                                  6,104
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                                                                   67,716,082
Woolwich Pension Fund Trust Co Ltd                                                                 350,183
Barclays Private Bank Ltd                                                                           72,928
Barclays Global Investors, N.A.                                                                 44,142,658

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
Not known

6. Percentage of issued class
N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
N/A

8. Percentage of issued class
N/A

9. Class of security
Ordinary 5 5/9 pence

10. Date of transaction
20 August 2002

11. Date company informed
22 August 2002

12. Total holding following this notification
128,016,586

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.01%

14. Any additional information
None

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Robin Healy 01753 494 017

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
Robin Healy

Date of notification
23 August 2002




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