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 | Â | Number of voting rights | Number of shares | Â | Number of voting rights | Â | 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 | Â | Expiration date | Â | Exercise/ conversion period/date | Â | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | Â | Percentage of voting rights | |
| Total (A+B) | ||
| Number of voting rights | Â | 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 |
| Â |
| Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 809,855 |
| Â |
| Bank of New York – 162,770,467 |
| Â |
| Banque Paribas - 368,668 |
| Â |
| Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) – 100,302 |
| Â |
| Bank of New York (Brussels) - 98,310 |
| Â |
| Bank of New York (Singapore) - 125,812 |
| Â |
| Boston Safe Deposit – 129,650 |
| Â |
| Chase Bank (Hong Kong) - 295,988 |
| Â |
| JP Morgan Chase - 3,829,338 |
| Â |
| Chase (Frankfurt) – 32,608 |
| Â |
| HSBC Bank (London) - 2,760,897 |
| Â |
| Japan Trustee Services Bank - 378,038 |
| Â |
| Mellon Bank (Pittsburgh) - 1,100,700 |
| Â |
| Master Trust Bank (Japan) – 295,380 |
| Â |
| Nomura Trust & Banking (Japan) – 140,795 |
| Â |
| State Street (Sydney) - 13,750 |
| Â |
| State Street (London) - 24,111,101 |
| Â |
| Trust & Custody Services (Japan) - 10,317 |
| Â |
| Northern Trust Company (London) - 1,832,883 |
| Â |
| PowerShares – 105,513 |
| Â |
| Other - 56,144,999 |
| Proxy Voting: | ||
| 10. Name of proxy holder: | Â | Â |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | Â | |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | Â | |
| 13. Additional information: | Â | Â |
| 14 Contact name: | Paul Moore | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 01753 494 012 |