Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Centrica PLC

2 March 2010

Director/PDMR shareholding

Notification of Directors’ Interests in Shares

On 1 March 2010, 101,602 Centrica ordinary shares of 6¹⁴/₈₁ pence each, in respect of one-off awards made under the terms of the Special Long Term Incentive Scheme (SLTIS) in September 2008, were transferred to Mark Hanafin, Managing Director, Centrica Energy. These awards were made in accordance with the terms of his engagement and were released by the trustee of the SLTIS.

On release, Mark Hanafin was liable to pay income tax at his marginal rate and National Insurance contributions at 1% on the value of the shares. Accordingly, the trustee of the SLTIS sold shares (41%) to meet these liabilities. The shares were sold at 282.30p on 1 March 2010.

The specific details of the release and disposal are as follows:

Â	Â	Shares released	Â	Shares sold	Â	Net number of shares transferred to participant
Mark Hanafin		101,602		41,657		59,945

This release is the final release in connection with SLTIS awards made on 26 September 2008.

Following the above release Mark Hanafin had a total interest over 1,723,621 Centrica plc ordinary 6 ¹⁴/₈₁ pence shares.

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