Holding(s) in Company

Centrica PLC
5 April 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
Centrica plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Barclays PLC

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
See schedule in 4 below

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Ltd             10623553
Unknown                                                  3606189
DEM69                                                      34421
MSTC Nominees Ltd                                          76450
Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd                             1175252
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd as executor                     23934
Nutraco Nominees Ltd                                      578000
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd                             3069
Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd                            2990989
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd - IMA                            2106
Dematerialised                                               720
Chase Manhatten Bank London                             27359762
Chase Nominees Ltd                                      80734607
Phildrew Nominees Ltd                                     350183

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
Not known

6. Percentage of issued class
N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
N/A

8. Percentage of issued class
N/A

9. Class of security
Ordinary 5 5/9 pence

10. Date of transaction
Not known

11. Date company informed
5th April 2002

12. Total holding following this notification
127,559,235

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.02%

14. Any additional information
None

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Ian Ritchie - 01753 494011

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Date of notification
5th April 2002


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