Transaction in Own Shares

Centrica PLC
23 March 2005

Centrica plc


Repurchase of shares


Centrica plc announces that on 23 March 2005 it purchased for cancellation
2,000,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 224.1891p per share from JPMorgan
Cazenove Limited


Enquiries


Kath Kyle  Centrica plc   01753 494902


Jonathan Wilcox  JPMorgan Cazenove Limited  020 7588 2828






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