Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Centrica PLC

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

 

Centrica plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

  Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 

Other (please specify):

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

 

INVESCO LIMITED

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

 

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

29 September 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

5 October 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares

If possible use ISIN code

  Situation previous to the triggering transaction   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares   Number of voting rights Number of shares   Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights

Direct

 

Indirect

Direct

 

Indirect

Ordinary

6 14/81p Shares (GB00B033F229)

256,215,142

256,215,142

256,237,335

 

256,237,335

 

5%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument   Expiration date   Exercise/ conversion period/date   No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)   Percentage of voting rights
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights

256,237,335

5%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) – 832,376
 
Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 809,855
 
Bank of New York – 162,770,467
 
Banque Paribas - 368,668
 
Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) – 100,302
 
Bank of New York (Brussels) - 98,310
 
Bank of New York (Singapore) - 125,812
 
Boston Safe Deposit – 129,650
 
Chase Bank (Hong Kong) - 295,988
 
JP Morgan Chase - 3,829,338
 
Chase (Frankfurt) – 32,608
 
HSBC Bank (London) - 2,760,897
 
Japan Trustee Services Bank - 378,038
 
Mellon Bank (Pittsburgh) - 1,100,700
 
Master Trust Bank (Japan) – 295,380
 
Nomura Trust & Banking (Japan) – 140,795
 
State Street (Sydney) - 13,750
 
State Street (London) - 24,111,101
 
Trust & Custody Services (Japan) - 10,317
 
Northern Trust Company (London) - 1,832,883
 
PowerShares – 105,513
 
Other - 56,144,999
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:    
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:  
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:  
13. Additional information:    
14 Contact name: Paul Moore
15. Contact telephone number: 01753 494 012

Companies

Centrica (CNA)
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