Frt re Result of Gen. Meeting

CENTRICA PLC
20 September 1999
                                                                          

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                                     CENTRICA PLC                         
                    
   PROPOSED RECOMMENDED ACQUISITION OF THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION 
      FINAL OUTCOME OF THE SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING AND VOTE                   
                                                                        

A  Special General Meeting of the Automobile Association was held on
16  September 1999 to consider the resolutions necessary to  approve the
acquisition of the Automobile Association by Centrica plc.

Following  the  announcement on 16 September  1999  of  the  overall result of
the vote on the resolutions at the meeting, we can confirm that the exact
outcome of the voting at the poll held at the meeting (which included proxy
votes received in advance) was as follows:

                                                       For       Against
Resolution 1 To alter the Rules                      2,810,513    81,976
Resolution 2 To dissolve the Association in          2,813,560    78,918
             accordance with the transfer procedure
             in the Rules as altered

The resolutions were therefore passed by the required two-thirds majority.

Based on the total number of eligible members as at 16  September 1999 of
4,425,535 and a total acquisition price to be paid by Centrica of £1.1
billion, each Eligible Member will in due course receive a cheque for
£248.56p.

Enquiries:

Centrica
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