Transaction in Own Shares

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Centrica plc

13 March 2013

Share Repurchase Programme

Centrica plc announces that on 12 March 2013, it purchased (through UBS Limited) 1,000,000 (one million) Centrica plc ordinary shares at an average price of 353.4975 pence per share. The highest price and the lowest price paid for these shares were 354.90 pence and 350.90 pence respectively.

The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Centrica plc holds 7,610,000 ordinary shares in treasury and has 5,192,150,535 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Nicola Carroll

Head of Company Secretarial Services

01753 494000

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