22nd Jul 2008 16:22
Purchase of ordinary shares of 6 14/81 pence in Centrica plc ("Shares" and the"Company", respectively) by Directors of the Company and Persons DischargingManagerial Responsibility (PDMRs) under its Share Incentive Plan ("SIP"). The SIP trustee, Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited (the "Trustee"), notifiedthe Company on 21 July 2008 that: (1) The following Directors and other Persons Discharging ManagerialResponsibility for the Company acquired Shares under the SIP on 21 July 2008held through the Trustee: \* T Number Aggregate Shares held of Shares Beneficially (across all accountsDirectors Acquired* following acquisition)Phil Bentley 62 699,983Sam Laidlaw 63 342,415Nick Luff 62 200,692 Persons Discharging Managerial ResponsibilityJake Ulrich 62 919,111Grant Dawson 62 331,708Catherine May 62 6,618Anne Minto 62 231,974Chris Weston 62 154,026\* T * The 'Number of Shares Acquired' includes 42 Partnership shares (43 Partnershipshares for Sam Laidlaw with a higher residual balance) acquired at 292.25 penceper share and 20 Matching shares acquired at 293.25 pence per share. BothPartnership and Matching elements are registered in the name of the Trustee. (2) They had transferred 20,000 ordinary shares of 6 14/81 pence each fromEquiniti Corporate Nominees Limited AESOP1 (Allocated shares) to EquinitiCorporate Nominees Limited AESOP2 (Unallocated shares). The transfer was madefollowing the forfeiture of shares, under the rules of the SIP, by participantswho have left the group since the last purchase and the shares had been usedtowards July's allocation of Matching shares. The Directors and PDMRs listedabove, together with some 5,102 other employees, are participants in the SIP andare potentially interested in the remaining 1,033 shares held by EquinitiCorporate Nominee Limited AESOP2 left following the purchase. The SIP operates as follows -- Each month the Trustee uses participants' contributions (which may not exceed £125 per participant per month) to purchase shares in the market. These shares are called 'Partnership Shares'. -- At the same time the Company allots to participants via the Trustee one 'Matching Share' for every two partnership shares purchased that month (up to a maximum of 20 matching shares per month). -- Participants may change their monthly savings rate whenever they wish. However, Directors and others bound by the Company's Securities Dealing Code (the "Code") may not make such a change during a close period or when otherwise prohibited from dealing by the Code. \* TJulia FooCentrica plc01753 494016\* T Copyright Business Wire 2008Related Shares:
Centrica