17th Nov 2006 10:45
Drax Group PLC17 November 2006 DRAX GROUP PLC (Symbol: DRX) SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Drax Group plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays PLC,through the following legal entities: Barclays Global Investors Limited, Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd, BarcalysCapital Securities Ltd, Barclays Capital Securities Limited, Barclays GlobalInvestors, N.A., Barclays Life Assurance Company Limited, Barclays GlobalInvestors Japan Limited, Gerrard Limited, Barclays Global Investors AustraliaLimited, Barclays Private Bank Limited and Barclays Capital Inc. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect ofholding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of thatperson's spouse or children under the age of 18 Shareholders stated in 2 above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, thenumber of shares held by each of them Barclays Capital Nominees Limited - 83,074Barclays Capital Nominees Limited - 506,798Barclays Capital Nominees Limited - 123,579Barclays Trust Co R69 - 434BNP Paribas - 25,335Chase Nominees Limited a/c 16376 - 190,980Chase Nominees Limited a/c 20947 - 7,340,824Chase Nominees Limited a/c 21359 - 199,437Chase Nominees Limited a/c 28270 - 126,615Chase Nominees Limited a/c 28270 - 124,879CIBC Mellon Global Securities - 14,955Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 16,810Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 48,607Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 1,007,659Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 33,374Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 16,846Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 16,405Investors Bank and Trust Co. - 408,333JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16331 - 98,656JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16331 - 94,402JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16338 - 21,904JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341 - 291,633JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16341 - 201,664JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16342 - 48,715JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16344 - 102,698JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16345 - 172,071JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 16400 - 2,612,498JP Morgan (BGI Custody) a/c 18409 - 342,582JPMorgan Chase Bank - 361,388JPMorgan Chase Bank - 159,766Master Trust Bank - 179,946Mellon Trust - US Custodian - 34,752Mellon Trust of New England - 25,854Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA - 52,238Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA - 53,756R C Greig Nominees Limited - 3,656R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1- 543R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c SA1- 525State Street Bank & Trust - WI - 83,736State Street Bank & Trust - WI - 6,463State Street Boston - 46,775State Street Trust of Canada - 44,456The Northern Trust Company - U - 31,246Trust & Custody Services Bank - 385,987Zeban Nominees Limited - 1,359 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed Not Stated 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 11 1/29 pence each 10. Date of transaction On or before 15 November 2006 11. Date company informed 17 November 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 15,744,213 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.27% 14. Any additional information Figures are based on shares in issue of 368,921,151 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Phil White (01757 612167) 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Peter Rothwell, Company Secretary Date of notification 17 November 2006 ------ENDS------ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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