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): |
4 November 2009 |
|||||||
|
6. Date on which issuer notified: |
6 November 2009 |
|||||||
|
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
4%, 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 | 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) |
256,480,467 |
256,480,467 |
 |
 |
257,100,378 |
 |
5.01% |
||||||||||
| B: Financial Instruments | |||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||
| Type of financial | Â | Expiration date | Â | Exercise/ | Â | No. of voting rights | Â | Percentage of | |
| instrument | conversion | that may be acquired | voting rights | ||||||
| period/date | (if the instrument | ||||||||
| Â | Â | Â | exercised/converted) | Â | |||||
| Total (A+B) | |||
| Number of voting rights | Â | Â | Percentage of voting rights |
|
257,100,378 |
5.01% |
||
| 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) – 705,786 |
| Â |
| Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 809,855 |
| Â |
| Bank of New York – 173,813,017 |
| Â |
| Banque Paribas - 867,210 |
| 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 - 5,793,479 |
| Â |
| Chase (Frankfurt) – 32,608 |
| Â |
| Erste Group Bank AG (Austria) – 11,797 |
| Â |
| HSBC Bank (London) - 2,726,868 |
| Â |
| Japan Trustee Services Bank - 378,038 |
| Â |
| Mellon Bank (Pittsburgh) - 1,088,758 |
| Â |
| Master Trust Bank (Japan) – 295,720 |
| Â |
| Nomura Trust & Banking (Japan) – 136,084 |
| Â |
| State Street (Sydney) - 13,750 |
| Â |
| State Street (London) - 25,314,722 |
| Â |
| Trust & Custody Services (Japan) - 10,317 |
| Â |
| Northern Trust Company (London) - 1,832,883 |
| Â |
| Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Limited – 112,540 |
| Â |
| Other - 42,406,884 |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of proxy holder: | 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 |