11th Feb 2010 10:19
| 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: | Legal & General Group Plc (Group)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM) | ||||||||||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): | Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) | ||||||||||||
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 9 February 2010 | ||||||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 10 February 2010 | ||||||||||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | Group (Above 5%)
LGIM (Above 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 | Number of voting rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| ORD GBP 0.061728395 | Below 5%
(As on 08/02/2010) | 256,899,126 | 229,040,510 | 27,858,616 | 4.46% | 0.54% | |||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights |
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | |||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Exercise Date | Exercise/ conversion period | No. of voting rights instrument refers to | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||
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| Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |
| 256,899,126 | 5.00% | |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (256,899,126 -5.00% = Total Position) | ||||
| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) ( 256,899,126 - 5.00% = Total Position) | ||||
| Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) ( 256,899,126 - 5.00% = Total Position) | ||||
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 229,040,510 -4.46% =LGAS, LGPL & PMC) | ||||
| Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) ( 184,158,053 - 3.58%= PMC) | Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) | |||
| Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) ( 184,158,053 -3.58% = PMC) | Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) | |||
| Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) | ||||
| Proxy Voting: | ||
| 10. Name of proxy holder: | N/A | |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | N/A | |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A | |
| 13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of 5,132,662,495 | |
| 14 Contact name: | Luke Thomas | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 01753 494 012 |
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