Director Shareholding

Centrica PLC Purchase of ordinary shares of 5 5/9 pence in Centrica plc ('Shares' and the 'Company', respectively) by Directors of the Company under its Share Incentive Plan ('SIP'). The SIP trustee, Hill Samuel ESOP Trustees Limited (the 'Trustee'), notified the Company on the 20 January 2004 that: The following Directors of the Company acquired Shares under the SIP on 19 January 2004 from the Shares acquired by the Trustee on that date: Director Number Aggregate shares held of Shares Beneficially (across all accounts acquired* following acquisition) Phil Bentley 81 111,269 Mark Clare 81 472,843 Sir Roy Gardner 81 2,360,303 * The 'Number of Shares Acquired' includes 61 Partnership shares acquired at 204.75 pence and 20 matching shares acquired at 203.0833 pence. Both Partnership and Matching elements are registered in the name of the Trustee. The SIP operates as follows -- Each month the Trustee uses participants' contributions (which may not exceed £125 per participant per month) to purchase shares in the market. These shares are called 'Partnership Shares'. -- At the same time the Company allots to participants via the Trustee one 'Matching Share' for every two partnership shares purchased that month (up to a maximum of 20 matching shares per month). -- Participants may change their monthly savings rate whenever they wish. However, Directors and others bound by the Company's Securities Dealing Code (the 'Code') may not make such a change during a close period or when otherwise prohibited from dealing by the Code.

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Centrica (CNA)
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