Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Centrica PLC
2 June 2000


Directors' Share Interests - Share purchase by the Trustees of the Company's
Long Term Incentive Scheme

Centrica plc announces that Mourant & Co Trustees Limited, Trustees of the
Centrica Long Term Incentive Scheme acquired 660,000 ordinary shares of 5 5/9p
each in Centrica plc on 30 May 2000 at 245p per share in respect of the Centrica
Long Term Incentive Scheme in which the participants, including Executive
Directors and Senior Management have a potential interest, subject to the
achievement of performance conditions.

 


On 1st June 2000, Centrica plc allocated 12,383,151 ordinary shares of 5 5/9p
each to Centrica Quest Limited in its capacity as a Qualifying Employee Share
Ownership Trust (QUEST) in respect of maturing Sharesave options under the terms
of the Company's employee Sharesave Scheme.  The shares were allotted on 1st
June 2000 at 248p per share.  All of these shares were subsequently transferred
to employees in satisfaction of their Sharesave options.

The executive directors of Centrica have not received any shares pursuant to the
Sharesave maturity but being beneficiaries under the Trust, as with other
employees, they are deemed to have a technical interest in the shares held and
transferred by the QUEST.