19th Jan 2011 14:47
CENTRICA PLC
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
Centrica plc ("the Company") received notice on 19 January 2011 (under the obligations imposed by Section 5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules), that on 17 January 2011, INVESCO Limited had a notifiable interest in 259,495,719 ordinary shares of 614/81 pence each in the Company, representing approximately 5.03% of the Company's issued share capital.
The voting rights of these shares are held through INVESCO Limited and the interests of INVESCO include interests of its group companies which are shown below:
| Registered holder | No. of shares held | |
| Allianz Global (Frankfurt) | 447,768 | |
| Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) | 268,323 | |
| Bank of Ireland (Dublin) | 658,279 | |
| Bank of New York | 177,305,389 | |
| Bank of New York (Frankfurt) | 491,189 | |
| Bank of New York Mellon | 5,211,117 | |
| Bank of New York (Singapore) | 125,812 | |
| Boston Safe Deposit | 71,120 | |
| Chase Bank Hong Kong | 443,721 | |
| JP Morgan Chase | 485,761 | |
| Chase (Frankfurt) | 103,481 | |
| Erst Group Bank AG (Austria) | 14,434 | |
| HSBC Bank plc London | 3,549,385 | |
| Japan Trustee Services Bank | 492,055 | |
| Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh | 993,461 | |
| Master Trust Bank JP | 47,119 | |
| State Street (Sidney) | 13,750 | |
| State Street Trust & Banking Co (Boston) | 183,310 | |
| State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) | 26,948,788 | |
| Trust & Custody Services JP | 13,803 | |
| Northern Trust Company Limited | 1,344,840 | |
| Vorarlberger Landes-und Hypothekenbk Akti | 99,831 | |
| Invesco Trimark Limited & Invesco Advisers Inc | 34,187,313 | |
| Invesco Advisers Inc | 1,870,073 | |
| Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Limited | 115,933 | |
| ADR's Ratio 4:1 | 4,009,664 |
Enquiries:
Luke Thomas
Deputy Secretary, Centrica plc
01753 494012
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