Ørsted — Capital/Financing Update 2011

Sep 27, 2011

Barrow Offshore Wind Ltd., a 50/50 joint venture between Centrica and DONG
Energy, today announced that it has completed the sale of transmission assets
at the Barrow offshore wind farm to TC Barrow OFTO Ltd. for GBP 34 million.

The disposal is in line with regulation requiring offshore wind farm generators
to divest their transmission assets to new offshore transmission owners via a
competitive tender run by Ofgem.

Barrow Offshore Wind Ltd. and TC Barrow OFTO Ltd. have agreed a five year
operation and maintenance contract for the transmission assets.

The information provided in this announcement does not change DONG Energy's
previous financial guidance for the 2011 financial year or the announced
expected investment level.

For additional information, please contact:

DONG Energy

Media Relations

Andreas Krog

+45 9955 2023

Investor Relations

Morten Hultberg Buchgreitz

+45 9955 9750

Centrica

Investor relations:

+44 (0)1753 494900

Centrica

Press office:

+44 (0)800 107 7014

About DONG Energy:

DONG Energy is one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe. We are
headquartered in Denmark. Our business is based on procuring, producing,
distributing and trading in energy and related products in Northern Europe. We
have approximately 6,000 employees and generated DKK 55 billion (EUR 7.3
billion) in revenue in 2010. For further information, see www.dongenergy.com.

DONG Energy is strongly involved in the production and expansion of renewable
energy in the UK. The company currently operates the offshore wind farms
Gunfleet Sands (172 MW), Burbo Bank (90 MW), Barrows (90 MW) and Walney 1 (184
MW). In addition, DONG Energy is involved in building four new major UK
offshore wind farms, including what will be the world's largest offshore wind
farm London Array (630 MW), due to enter into operation in 2012.

About Centrica:

Centrica is an integrated energy company operating predominately in the UK and
North America. Upstream it sources, generates, processes, trades and stores
energy. Downstream it supplies gas and electricity to millions of homes and
businesses and offers a range of home energy solutions and low carbon products
and services. Centrica is a top 30 FTSE100 company.

About TC Barrow OFTO Ltd.

TC Barrow OFTO Ltd. is a part of Transmission Capital Partners. It is a
consortium comprising INPP, Amber Infrastructure and Transmission Capital and
was established in 2008 to procure, construct, own and operate transmission
assets, initially those in the UK being tendered through the new offshore
transmission regulatory regime being overseen by Ofgem. It also provides
transmission development advisory services to electricity industry
stakeholders, including many offshore wind developers. The senior management
team has over 70 years of experience in the UK electricity supply industry, the
majority of which has been focussed on the development, procurement and
construction of major offshore transmission and wind projects.