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Centrica PLC Capital/Financing Update 2012

Feb 20, 2012

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Capital/Financing Update

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20 February 2012 CENTRICA PLC Issue of HKD 450,000,000 Fixed Rate Notes due 22 February, 2022 under the U.S.\$8,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme

PART A - CONTRACTUAL TERMS

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Base Prospectus dated 27 September, 2011 (the Base Prospectus) which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003/71/EC) (the Prospectus Directive). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Base Prospectus. The Base Prospectus is available for viewing during normal business hours at and copies may be obtained from the registered office of the Issuer at Millstream, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 5GD and from HSBC Bank plc at 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ.

Issuer: Centrica plc
1. (i) Series Number: 20
(ii) Tranche Number: 1
2. Specified Currency or Currencies: Hong Kong Dollar ("HKD")
3. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: HKD 450,000,000
(ii) Tranche: HKD 450,000,000
4. (i) Issue Price: 100 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
5. (i) Specified Denomination: HKD 1,000,000
(ii) Calculation Amount: The Specified Denomination
6. (i) Issue Date and Interest Commencement
Date:
22 February 2012
(ii) Interest Commencement Date (if different
from the Issue Date):
Issue Date
7. Maturity Date: 22 February 2022
8. Interest Basis: 3.6800 per cent. Fixed Rate
(further particulars specified below)
9. Redemption/Payment Basis: Redemption at par
10. Basis: Change of Interest Basis or Redemption/Payment Not Applicable
11. Put/Call Options: Not Applicable
12. (i) Status of the Notes: Senior unsecured
(ii) Date Board approval for issuance of Notes
obtained:
23 September 2011
13. Method of distribution: Non-syndicated
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
14. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
(i) Rate of Interest: 3.6800 per cent. per annum payable quarterly in
arrear
(ii) Interest Payment Date(s): Quarterly, on each 22 February, 22 May, 22 August
and 22 November commencing on 22 May 2012, up
to and including the Maturity Date subject to
adjustment in accordance with the Modified
Following Business Day Convention
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount(s):
(Applicable to Notes in definitive form)
Not Applicable
(iv) Broken Amount(s):
(Applicable to Notes in definitive form)
Not Applicable
(v) Day Count Fraction: Actual/365 (Fixed)
(vi) Determination Date(s): Not Applicable
(vii) Other terms relating to the method of
calculating interest for Fixed Rate Notes:
The definition of "Day Count Fraction" in condition
5(a) shall be deemed to be amended to include the
following text as a new point (iii):
"if "Actual/365 (Fixed)" is specified in the applicable
Final Terms, the actual number of days in the Fixed
Interest Period divided by 365."
The following text shall be deemed to be included at
the end of condition 5(a):
"If the Modified Following Business Day Convention
is specified in the applicable Final Terms, and if any
Interest Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day
which is not a Business Day, then such Interest
Payment Date shall be postponed to the next day
which is a Business Day unless it would thereby fall
into the next calendar month, in which event such
Interest Payment Date shall be brought forward to
the immediately preceding Business Day.
In these Terms and Conditions, Business Day
means a day which is a day on which commercial
banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments
and are open for general business (including dealing
in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in
each Additional Financial Centre specified in the
applicable Final Terms."
15. Floating Rate Note Provisions Not Applicable
16. Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable
17. Index Linked Interest Note Provisions Not Applicable
18. Dual Currency Note Provisions Not Applicable
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
19. Issuer Call: Not Applicable
20. Investor Put: Not Applicable
21. Final Redemption Amount of each Note: HKD 1,000,000 per Calculation Amount
22. 7(e)): Early Redemption Amount of each Note payable on
redemption for taxation reasons or on event of
default and/or the method of calculating the same (if
required or if different from that set out in Condition
As set out in the Conditions
GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES
23. Form of Notes:
(i) Form Bearer Notes:
Event Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a
Permanent Global Note which is exchangeable for
definitive Bearer Notes only upon an Exchange
(ii) New Global Note: No
24. Additional Financial Centre(s) or other special Hong Kong, London, New York
provisions relating to Payment Dates: The definition of "Payment Day" in condition 6(f) shall
be deemed to be amended to read as follows:
"Payment Day means any day which (subject to
Condition 9) is a day on which commercial banks and
foreign exchange markets settle payments and are
open for general business (including dealing in
foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in:
(A) in the case of Notes in definitive form only,
the relevant place of presentation; and
(B) each Additional Financial Centre specified
in the applicable Final Terms.
25. Talons for future Coupons or Receipts to be attached
to Definitive Notes in bearer form (and dates on
which such Talons mature):
No
26. payment: Details relating to Partly Paid Notes: amount of each
payment comprising the Issue Price and date on
which each payment is to be made and
consequences of failure to pay, including any right of
the Issuer to forfeit the Notes and interest due on late
Not Applicable
27. Details relating to Instalment Notes:
(i) Instalment Amount(s): Not Applicable
(ii) Instalment Date(s): Not Applicable
28. Redenomination applicable: Redenomination not applicable
29. Other final terms: Not Applicable

DISTRIBUTION

30. (i) If syndicated, names of Managers: Not Applicable
(ii) Date of Subscription Agreement: Not Applicable
(iii) Stabilising Manager (if any): Not Applicable
31. If non-syndicated, name of relevant Dealer: Goldman Sachs International
32. U.S. Selling Restrictions: Reg. S Category; TEFRA D
33. Additional selling restrictions: Not Applicable
LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING
34. (i) Listing and Admission to trading: Application is expected to be made by the Issuer (or
on its behalf) for the Notes to be admitted to trading
on the London Stock Exchange's regulated market
and listing on the Official List of the UK Listing
Authority with effect from 22 February 2012.
(ii) Estimate of total expenses related to
admission to trading:
GBP 1,750

PURPOSE OF FINAL TERMS

These Final Terms comprise the final terms required for issue and admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange's regulated market and listing on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority of the Notes described herein pursuant to U.S.\$8,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of Centrica plc.

RESPONSIBILITY

The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms.

Signed on behalf of Centrica plc:

By: ................................................... Duly authorised

PART B - OTHER INFORMATION

1. RATINGS

Ratings: The Group's long-term debt obligations have been rated:

Moody's Investors Service Ltd (Moody's): A3 (stable)

Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Limited (S&P): A- (stable)

Each of Moody's and S&P is established in the European Union and is registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009.

2. INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE

Save for any fees payable to the Managers/Dealers, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the issue of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.

3. YIELD (Fixed Rate Notes only)

Indication of yield: 3.6800 % on an annual basis

The yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis of the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future yield.

4. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

eligibility:

(i) ISIN Code: XS0747399466
(ii) Common Code: 074739946
(iii) Any clearing system(s) other than
Euroclear
and
Clearstream,
Luxembourg
and
the
relevant
identification number(s):
Not Applicable
(iv) Delivery: Delivery against payment
(v) Names and addresses of additional
Paying Agent(s) (if any):
Not applicable
(vi) Intended to be held in a manner
which
would
allow
Eurosystem
No